Installing MongoDB and related tools
MongoDB is not just a database service provider, but a full-fledged developer data platform that has a set of technologies built around the core database to meet all your data needs and improve your productivity as a developer. Let’s examine the following components that you will be installing or using in the following sections:
- MongoDB Community Edition: A free version of MongoDB that runs on all major operating systems. It is what you are going to use to play around with data locally.
- MongoDB Compass: A graphical user interface (GUI) for managing, querying, aggregating, and analyzing MongoDB data in a visual environment. Compass is a mature and useful tool that you’ll be using throughout your initial querying and aggregation explorations.
- MongoDB Atlas: The database-as-a-service solution from MongoDB. This offering is one of the main reasons MongoDB is a central part of the FARM stack. It is relatively easy to set...