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Hackathon QuickStart Ben Wen [email protected] @mongolab Node Knockout 2012 Build More. Worry Less. tl;dr version: 1. [sudo] npm update -g jitsu 2. jitsu databases create mongo

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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

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what is MongoDB? an awesome JSON object store ! ! ! ! { “firstName” : “Ben”,! “lastName” : “Wen”,! “email” : “[email protected]”,! “location” : { “lat” : 37.41, “long” : -122.05 },! “hobbies” : [ “music”, “biking”, “foto” ] }! http://mongodb.org

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how we can help you today?

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I’ve written my mobile app / realtime web app / API where should I store my data ? ?

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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

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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

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Demo screenshot

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/databases//collections! GET! ! /databases//collections/! GET ! POST! ! /databases//collections//<_id>! GET ! PUT! DELETE! ! /databases//collections/?[q=]! [&f=]! [&s=]! [&sk=]! [&l=]! GET! MongoLab’s REST API

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MongoLab API Example •  POST ! URL: https://mongolab.com/api/1/databases/demo/collections/geoposts! ! Data: { “email” : “[email protected]”,! ! “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}}} !

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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

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Questions? Build More. Worry Less.

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Thank you. Build More. Worry Less. or, you could just enjoy this clip-art kitteh…