An Introduction to MongoDB

MongoDB is the most popular document oriented DB. History Created in 2007 Company: doubleclick All data is stored in JSON-like documents which are organized in collections where they can be queried. Flexible schema Unlike relational ~DB~ table, predefined schema of a table is not necessary. This allows you to evolve yout data rapidly without needing to write complex DB migrattion. Data frequently needed together is stored together, in same place This makes read operation extremely fast - because no joins are required....

May 16, 2022 · 2 min · Anant

Day8 #100DaysOfCode

Now extend the fetching from MongoDB to Individual page (dynamic page) of next. On the same dynamic page, the URLs also we will get from the DB (GSPa) Both of these to be done in dynamic page [ ] fetching URLs for GSPa export async function getStaticPaths() { const uri = `mongodb+srv://${secret.user}:${secret.pass}@cluster0.xf7jy.mongodb.net/myFirstDB?retryWrites=true&w=majority`; const client = await MongoClient.connect(uri); const db = client.db(); const notesCollection = db.collection("notesColl2"); const notesIds = await notesCollection.find({}, { _id: 1 })....

May 14, 2022 · 3 min · Anant

Day7 #100DaysOfCode

In last post MongoDB was set up - able to store data from a form. Redirecting to homepage after successful form submit. Use useRouter to do it: In pages/new-note/index.js import { useRouter } from 'next/router' .. const router = useRouter(); // as usual, hook should be called first in react functional component //after successful response of submit router.replace("/"); // or push() Getting data from mongoDB We could do it like, in page component GSP write a connection to our API route > that API route connects to mongoDB i....

May 14, 2022 · 2 min · Anant

Day6 #100DaysOfCode

Day 6 Using mongoDB in the nextjs app. So far covered: getStaticProps, and getStaticPaths and getServerSideProps They allow us to fetch data for pre-rendering those pages, So that we pre-render the pages with the data, instead of without the data they might need. Upto this point, we’re only working with dummy data though (not actually fetching from anywhere) - it is actually hard-coded data We do have this Add New Meetup page here, which would allow users to enter data for a new meetup....

May 11, 2022 · 6 min · Anant