English Delivery Only: MongoDB Essentials

Who will the Course Benefit?

This course is aimed at application developers who wish to use MongoDB to store,access and edit data.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course delegates should be able to:

• Install the MongoDB database
• Use the MongoDB shell to access the database
• Create,retrieve,update and delete data
• Use aggregation queries
• Appreciate the APIs used to interface with MongoDB
• Understand the document based structure of the database
• Use an API to develop applications
• Optimise queries with indexes

MongoDB Essentials Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 1

Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: NOSQL DATABASES

• What are NoSQL Databases?
• Common Database Features
• NoSQL Versus Relational Approach
• Types of NoSQL Databases
• Data Storage
• Transaction Handling
• Key Features

Session 2: INSTALLING MONGODB

• Downloading in the Required Software
• Installing MongoDB
• Configuration Files
• Touring the File Structure
• Securing the Installation

Session 3: DATA MODELLING AND DESIGN

• Data Storage
• Working with Datatypes
• Collections
• Document Datatypes
• Creating _id Fields

Session 4: QUERYING DATA

• Databases and Collections
• Querying Collections
• Working with Operators
• Referencing a Database
• Querying Dates

MongoDB Essentials Training Course

Course Contents - DAY 2

Session 5: THE AGGREGATION FRAMEWORK

• Aggregating Results
• Single Purpose Functions
• The Aggregation Pipeline
• Date Aggregation Operators

Session 6: MANIPULATING DATA

• Inserting Data into Collections
• Updates
• Deletes
• Atomic Operations
• Removing Data
• Capped Collections

Session 7: USING AN API

• Introducing Drivers
• Java
• PHP
• Ruby
• Python

Session 8: HIGH PERFORMANCE OPTIONS

• Creating Indexes
• Manipulating Index Behaviour
• Index Properties
• Specialised Index Types
• Replication
• Sharding

Requirements

An understanding of programming and database principles would be beneficial.