The Little MongoDB Book

by Karl Seguin

Il Piccolo Libro di MongoDB è la traduzione autorizzata di The Little MongoDB Book di Karl Seguin. MongoDB è un database NoSQL open source, facilmente scalabile e ad alte prestazioni. Mantiene alcune similitudini coi database relazionali il che, a mio avviso, lo rende un'ottima scelta per chi si sta avvicinando al mondo NoSQL. Il Piccolo Libro è stato scritto proprio per questo tipo di lettore, ma soddisferà senz'altro anche l'esperto che vuole saperne di più su Mongo. Non lasciatevi ingannare da facilità d'uso e giovane età: MongoDB è in grado di soddisfare anche i palati più esigenti.

Genres: Programming, Computer Science, Nonfiction, Software, Technology, Technical

34 pages, ebook

First published February 21, 2012

Reviews

[Durian Jaykin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book that gives the bare basics, encouraging the reader to delve into specific chapters. For those who aren't too fond of reading a technical book, the author vaguely attempts at using funny/esoteric examples like unicorns and vampires to grab the reader's attention.

The book uses technical jargon. As an absolute newbie, I felt somewhat lost. Luckily, the author does briefly explains certain, terms, expecting the reader to understand. However, even some of these were poorly explained such as "Transaction". As someone not used to databases, all this jargon made me a little lost.

The book is catered for those transitioning from relational databases to non-relational databases, for people like the author. As an absolute newbie, it is not for me. Maybe learn a little more about databases before picking up this book.

[Max · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good introduction in a very short book that is easy to read and clear.
I decided to start with MongoDB professionally after reading this book.

[Cristiano Conte]

wow!!! really cool!!

[Sara Brancaccio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Semplice ed essenziale. Una manna per chi è neofita del mondo NoSQL, chiaro, con spiegazioni semplici e tanti esempi molto immediati.

[Matías · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very concise and well explained, good and clear introduction book.
Thanks.

[Abdul Qavi · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very much to-the-point book. Obviously it does not cover advanced topics in detail, such as Replication, Sharding, Indexing (Indexing is the same as for relational DBs) and of course it can't in this short and concise book (less than 30 pages). The author has a purpose in this book - to give you a head start to MongoDB, and he serves it in the best way. So one can get up and running with MongoDB in couple hours; and of course the companion interactive tutorial ( http://mongly.openmymind.net/tutorial... ) makes it even more easy and fun to learn. Had there been a half star, I would have given him 4.5 :) but now 4

[Johnny · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great example on how one can use few words to explain the most important parts of a system. In this small book you get to know the most fundamental parts of MongoDB. With a bit over 30 pages you don’t get to know the details, but with the big picture you know enough to go and read the more on the topics that interest you.

[Sergii Khomenko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Inside book you can find some common questions related to MongoDB:
- getting up and running basic CRUD operations
- data modeling for MongoDB
- when to use MongoDB
- MongoDB MapReduce
- performance and tools

[Rob · Rating 3 out of 5]

A light and easy introduction to MongoDB. But what I really wanted was this. (That being said, it did help me get a few things straight w/r/t/ querying and updating prior to turning to that index.)

[Sina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short but as complete as required. It gives you an insight of all needed aspects of mongo you need in your first try. Less than 35 pages which let you read it in an afternoon with a cup of coffee. Like the way I read :)

[Christoffer Klang]

A quick intro to Mongodb. Would have loved a bit deeper discussion about the sharding, as well as a chapter on how to write scripts for the mongo shell. But overall quite nice.

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great introduction to MongoDB.

[Rafael George · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very good introduction.

Best chapter for me was the one regarding when to use MongoDB.

[Randall Hunt · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very well written, concise, and surprisingly complete introduction to MongoDB with amusing examples.

[Katherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book!
Now the challenge for someone who has always used an RDBMS is to think in terms of documents and collections and embrace the "join-less" world.

[Conor Mc · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great quick read on mongodb

[Ivan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Коротко и очень полезно. Must have

[Anton Antonov · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear and concise practical usage of MongoDB.

[Francesca]

This is a must-read if you're a MongoDB n00b

[Tamanjit Bindra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good for revision before an interview.