"MongoDB for Hackathons" in 60 Seconds

This is the tech talk on MongoDB I give at hackathons, when I have only one minute to present. Short and sweet.

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1. @mongodb amalia.hawkins@mongodb.com
2. Why should you care? Does your hack need to: handle or store data? We can help with that.
3. Why should you care? Are you writing your hack in... Java, Javascript, Node.js, Python, Ruby, .NET, Perl, PHP, C, C++, Erlang, Haskell or Scala? We can help with that.
4. What do I need to know? NoSQL Document Based Open Source JavaScript Query Syntax JSON Data Format
6. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators Take a level in MongoDB.
7. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators ➔ More Indexes - find/sort things faster Take a level in MongoDB.
8. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators ➔ More Indexes - find/sort things faster ➔ GridFS - store large files, like video Take a level in MongoDB.
9. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators ➔ More Indexes - find/sort things faster ➔ GridFS - store large files, like video ➔ Aggregation - count all the things! Take a level in MongoDB.
10. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators ➔ More Indexes - find/sort things faster ➔ GridFS - store large files, like video ➔ Aggregation - count all the things! ➔ Map / Reduce - integrate with Hadoop Take a level in MongoDB.
11. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators ➔ More Indexes - find/sort things faster ➔ GridFS - store large files, like video ➔ Aggregation - count all the things! ➔ Map / Reduce - integrate with Hadoop ➔ Full Text Search Take a level in MongoDB.
12. ➔ Update in place with atomic operators ➔ More Indexes - find/sort things faster ➔ GridFS - store large files, like video ➔ Aggregation - count all the things! ➔ Map / Reduce - integrate with Hadoop ➔ Full Text Search ➔ Geospatial indexing - for storing locations Take a level in MongoDB.
13. Download @mongodb.org Apply @mongodb.com/careers * Need help? Amalia will be around all weekend. Get in touch via Hacker Hotline or tweet @mongodb!
14. Quick Terminology Lesson RDBMS MongoDB New to this? Table Collection A place to put data. Row JSON Document A single “item” … may have multiple fields. Index Index A way to find things faster. Join Embedding / DBRef Get more information about a thing. Schema Implied Schema / Dynamic Schema What a document looks like.