Introducing MEVN Chapter 1In the end, it will create a package.json file, which will have the following content:
Installing MongoDB
MongoDB is the first part of the technology in the MEVN stack. MongoDB is a free and
open source document-based database published under a GNU license. It is a NoSQL
database, meaning it is a non-relational database. Unlike relational databases, which use
tables and rows to represent data, MongoDB uses collections and documents. MongoDB
represents the data as a collection of JSON documents. It provides us with the flexibility to
add fields in whatever way we want. Each document in a single collection can have a
totally different structure. Aside from adding fields, it also provides the flexibility to
change the fields from document to document in whatever way we want, something that is
a cumbersome task in relational databases.
The benefits of MongoDB compared to Relational
Database Management Systems (RDBMS)
MongoDB offers a lot of benefits compared to Relational Database Management Systems:
Schema-less architecture: MongoDB does not require us to design a specific
schema for its collections. A schema for one document can vary, with another
document being totally different.