Introduction to MongoDB

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MongoDB (from "humongous") is a high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented database. Wondering what all of that really means, why you should care or what makes MongoDB different?

This webinar is a comprehensive introduction to MongoDB, with description of a real world production deployment built on MongoDB.

Topics covered:

I. OVERVIEW

1. What are non-relational databases & when do they make sense over traditional relational databases
2. Quick summary of different non-relational databases
3. MongoDB Concepts
4. Querying with MongoDB
5. How can you get your hands on MongoDB & play around with it from different languages
6. Hosted MongoDB

II. USING MONGODB IN PRODUCTION

Business Insider has been using MongoDB as their database since Q1 2008. Everything is stored in the database: posts, comments even the images. Ian White from Business Insider will talk about why they use MongoDB & his experiences with it.

Presenters: Dwight Merriman (10gen) & Ian White (BusinessInsider)

This is a webinar that we want to make interactive. It will also be recorded & made available later. But the live webinar, if you can make it, will be a lot more fun with real-time Q&A & discussion.