Happy Mongo-ing in Node.js - Jed Wood

MongoChicago 2011

Node.js is JavaScript. MongoDB speaks JSON. So why bother with an in-between "ORM" layer like Mongoose? Join us for a look at the object modeling... tool designed and maintained by the team at LearnBoost. Recent updates have made Mongoose even more compelling. We'll share the pros and cons we've experienced in using it day-to-day on our current project.

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1. mongoose.js Happy Mongo-ing in Node.js Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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4. skinny controller FAT MODEL http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2006/10/18/skinny-controller-fat-model Wednesday, October 19, 2011
5. Query Syntax Mix & Match Styles Wednesday, October 19, 2011
6. Query Syntax Mix & Match Styles Wednesday, October 19, 2011
7. Schemas? srsly? Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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10. same Wednesday, October 19, 2011
11. required Wednesday, October 19, 2011
12. index Wednesday, October 19, 2011
13. Defaults Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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15. Statics at the Model (Collection) level Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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18. Methods at the instance (Document) level Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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20. Setters Wednesday, October 19, 2011
21. Getters Wednesday, October 19, 2011
22. Virtuals Define accessible properties that don’t actually exist/persist in MongoDB Wednesday, October 19, 2011
23. Validators Wednesday, October 19, 2011
24. ‘Pre’ & ‘Post’ Hooks Middleware that run on save, remove, etc. Wednesday, October 19, 2011
25. we use this as a plugin to multiple schemas Wednesday, October 19, 2011
26. Populate joins? srsly? Wednesday, October 19, 2011
27. Misc Wednesday, October 19, 2011
28. Misc Wednesday, October 19, 2011
29. Misc Wednesday, October 19, 2011
30. Misc Wednesday, October 19, 2011
31. Misc Wednesday, October 19, 2011
32. So, what’s not to like? Wednesday, October 19, 2011
33. So, what’s not to like? Most operations require loading the document Wednesday, October 19, 2011
34. So, what’s not to like? Poor Documentation Wednesday, October 19, 2011
35. So, what’s not to like? Poor Documentation Wednesday, October 19, 2011
36. So, what’s not to like? Be sure that abstraction != ignorance Wednesday, October 19, 2011
37. Jed Wood @silentrant Wednesday, October 19, 2011