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MongoDB: The Definitive Guide (2010)

by Kristina Chodorow(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1449381561 (ISBN13: 9781449381561)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

O'Reilly Media

review 1: By the title of the book that is The Definitive Guide, I was hoping that the authors could point out some kind of work patterns that could be considered as a starting point for the readers to be used as their practical guidelines at work. Although, I am aware that it is still too early to consider best practices to work with MongoDB.The documentations provided at mongodb.org are definitely self-explanatory and I believe I could learn much faster from the documentations.I am a bit disappoint actually, that's why I rated this book as an OK book. Much of the information could already be found in the mongodb.org documentations.
review 2: Overall the book is well written, the two authors clearly know their stuff. However, I wish that they have organized the topics ... moreand wording a bit clearer and not to expect people will read the book from cover to cover. MongoDB, at the end of the day, is a very young package. So there are quirks here and there which don't necessarily make sense for people from the RDBMS paradigms. E.g. it probably make sense to reference Safe Operations earlier in chapter 3 because I know that there are folks out there who will drop using MongoDB mid-way through chapter 3.At the end of each chapter, it would be good to have a summary table of that chapter. Like a list of commands, APIs, parameters, and links to the latest on MongoDB's website. Chapter 3 and 4 will get the most out of this.In closing, I would still recommend this book to those who's not able to learn or understand MongoDB from online documentation. less

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