Tag Archives: MongoDB

On Getting Started with Node.js, MongoDB and Heroku on Windows

I recently had the opportunity to see David Padbury present on Node.js at the New England Code Camp. An earlier version of his slides is available here. Recently while prepping for an upcoming presentation on Windows Phone 7 location services, … Continue reading

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On MongoDB Master Slave Configuration

It’s pretty straight forward to setup a Master/Slave configuration for MongoDB. If you want to experiment on a single Windows box, use the steps below: Start by creating the data directories: c:\Users\John> cd c:\data c:\data>mkdir masterdb c:\data>mkdir slavedb1 c:\data>mkdir slavedb2 … Continue reading

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On Sequences with MongoDB and NoRM

One of the first things I noticed when I started to move some code from NHibernate/SQL Server to NoRM/MongoDB is that ObjectIds look funny in MVC URLs. In other words: http://codevoyeur.com/articles/show/bd342503dbbd3c94e1010000 vs. http://codevoyeur.com/articles/show/10 NoRM’s overloaded operators let ObjectIds and strings … Continue reading

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On MapReduce in MongoDB

MapReduce can be a confusing concept to understand at first. It’s not that it’s some terribly complex thing, but rather when you work with it in tools like MongoDB, you’re simply not exposed to all the pieces. I’m hoping this … Continue reading

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On Running NerdDinner on MongoDB with NoRM – Part I

As part of a presentation I’ll be giving at the Hartford Code Camp this Saturday, I’ve started to work through the task of converting NerdDinner to run on MongoDB using the NoRM driver. This is the first in a short … Continue reading

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On A NoRM-MongoDB Repository Base Class

A Code Voyeur article demonstrating how to create an extensible repository base class using NoRM and MongoDB. http://www.codevoyeur.com/Articles/20/A-NoRM-MongoDB-Repository-Base-Class.aspx

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On Using PyMongo with IronPython

While most .NET developers who want to work with MongoDB focus on C# with NoRM and MongoDB-CSharp, there’s an alternative – IronPython and PyMongo. PyMongo is the 10Gen developed Python driver for MongoDB. It’s actually pretty easy to get it … Continue reading

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On Installing MongoDB as a Service on Windows

A few notes to save you some headaches while installing MongoDB as a service on Windows… It seems that it’s common to encounter the results below, so these are some things to remember. Sat May 01 11:52:40 dbexit: Sat May … Continue reading

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