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Mongo explore - SQL Tutorial

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Mongo explore

- [Instructor] Mongo DB is a NoSQL database with its own query language. Again, this query language is not sequel. There are many other NoSQL databases that we won't be covering such as Redis, Cassandra, Amazon, DynamoDB, and much more. We are focused specifically on Mongo in this chapter because it is of the most widely used NoSQL databases. Having been around for a relatively long time, compared to others, Mongo is also known for having one of the most flexible data models. Within the category of NoSQL, there are different types of NoSQL databases, documented models, graph model, and key-value models. Instead of using tables and columns like relational data management systems, a document model uses a document storage model, usually JSON, which stands for JavaScript object notation. The structure is similar to object oriented programming which some developers may prefer. MongoDB is a document model using BSON which is…

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