---------------------------------------- Starting and connecting to MongoDB ---------------------------------------- cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin mongod.exe --dbpath d:/mongo-data C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin mongo > db.Todos.insert({text: 'Create new Node course'}) > db.Todos.find() Download and install https://robomongo.org/ (like PHPMyAdmin / MySQL Workbench) ---------------------------------------- MongoDB Vocabulary ---------------------------------------- SQL: Table NoSQL: Collection SQL: Row / Record NoSQL: Document SQL: Column NoSQL: Field / Property -------------------------------- Node MongoDB Native Package -------------------------------- https://github.com/mongodb/node-mongodb-native Installation: npm install mongodb --save -------------------------------- More about MongoDB id -------------------------------- - it's a 12 byte value - first 4 bytes is a timestamp (it means in our documents we don't need to have a 'created_at' field) - next 3 bytes is a machine identifier - next 2 bytes a process id - next 3 bytes a counter (this is similar to what MySQL would do with an autocomplete field) -------------------------------- ES6 destructuring -------------------------------- // ES6 destructuring // - it's a fantastic way to make new variables from an object's properties var user = { name: 'Andrew', age: 25 }; var {name} = user; console.log(name); -------------------------------- Running tests -------------------------------- npm run test - this one is running via nodemon npm run test-watch - this one is running via nodemon -------------------------------- Mongoose ORM -------------------------------- https://mongoosejs.com/ -------------------------------- Postman -------------------------------- https://www.getpostman.com/ It's an essential tool if you're building an API. Postman lets you create HTTP requests and fire them off - makes it easy to test that everything you're writing it's working as expected. Download the Postman app and install it to use Postman. -------------------------------- Body Parser Package -------------------------------- https://www.npmjs.com/package/body-parser Node.js body parsing middleware Parse incoming request bodies in a middleware before your handlers, available under the req.body property. -------------------------------- HTTP status codes -------------------------------- https://httpstatuses.com/ Get a list of all available HTTP status codes