Data Modeling in MongoDB

Explore the process of modeling data with MongoDB, a leading noSQL database, in this project-based course.

Introduction

• Introduction to data modeling
• Prerequisites
• The problem domain: Social media project

1. MongoDB Modeling Basics

• Mongo ERD vs. SQL
• Application-driven architecture
• Query-first modeling
• Challenge: Create the "golden" model object for an online retailer
• Solution

2. Complex Modeling

• Embedded documents as subdocuments
• Summary and partial documents
• One-to-one relationships
• One-to-many relationships with embedded documents
• One-to-many relationships with back references
• Many-to-many relationships
• Challenge: Create the proper relationships and summary documents for an online store
• Solution

3. Implementation Tools

• Schema versioning
• JSON Schema
• Modeling tools
• ORMs
• Challenge: Create a schema in a visual tool and in Mongoose
• Solution

4. Best Practices

• Embedding vs. references
• Optimization: Antipatterns
• Optimization: Best practices