MongoLab Hackathon QuickStart

How to use MongoLab for your Hackathon project. Includes instructions to use our REST API and pointers to other tools for rapid development.

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1. Hackathon QuickStart Ben Wen ben@mongolab.com @mongolab Node Knockout 2012 Build More. Worry Less. tl;dr version: 1. [sudo] npm update -g jitsu 2. jitsu databases create mongo
2. what is MongoLab? •  Cloud hosted MongoDB-as-a-Service •  In Joyent Cloud (and Amazon EC2, Rackspace or Azure) •  replication, backups, monitoring •  500MB free plan and multi-tenant for-pay plans •  dedicated server plan •  awesome admin tools •  REST API •  Quickstart: http://bit.ly/hackmongo
3. what is MongoDB? an awesome JSON object store ! ! ! ! { “firstName” : “Ben”,! “lastName” : “Wen”,! “email” : “ben@mongolab.com”,! “location” : { “lat” : 37.41, “long” : -122.05 },! “hobbies” : [ “music”, “biking”, “foto” ] }! http://mongodb.org
4. how we can help you today?
5. I’ve written my mobile app / realtime web app / API where should I store my data ? ?
6. MongoLab cloud database: Node.js native, Mongoose ODM, and REST API •  Standardized, well-known JSON interface •  High performance in Joyent Cloud •  Also a REST API with CRUD semantics REST API mongodb mongolab service Node.js native, or Mongoose ODM Mongodb driver
7. many use cases of simple cloud db storage needs • logging • user profile data • game data (stats, high scores) • polls and surveys • user feedback • geo database
8. Demo screenshot
9. /databases/<d>/collections! GET! ! /databases/<d>/collections/<c>! GET ! POST! ! /databases/<d>/collections/<c>/<_id>! GET ! PUT! DELETE! ! /databases/<d>/collections/<c>?[q=<query>]! [&f=<fields>]! [&s=<order>]! [&sk=<skip>]! [&l=<limit>]! GET! MongoLab’s REST API
10. MongoLab API Example •  POST ! URL: https://mongolab.com/api/1/databases/demo/collections/geoposts! ! Data: { “email” : “will@mongolab.com”,! ! “date” : { “$date” : “2010-12-03 11:18:21 UTC” },! “location” : { “lat” : 37.41, “long” : -122.05 },! ! “message” : “Hello Seattle!” }! ! • GET URL: https://…/geoposts?q={"location":{"$near":{"lat":37,"long":-122}}} !
11. Next Steps 1.  http://bit.ly/hackmongo - this presentation 2.  [sudo] npm update -g jitsu; jitsu databases create mongo 3.  Alternate Node Knockout instructions, with Web UI and more tutorials: http://blog.nodeknockout.com/post/ 35339780516/mongolabs-joyent-hosted- mongodb-quick-start 4.  Design, code, debug, repeat
12. Questions? Build More. Worry Less.
13. Thank you. Build More. Worry Less. or, you could just enjoy this clip-art kitteh…