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imjp
imjp

Reputation: 6695

Getting started with a database for Node

The most relevant question here on StackOverflow was this, which still doesn't answer my question because the answer nor the redis repo give a tutorial/walk-through that beginners don't understand.

The thing is, I have absolutely no idea how to setup a simple database in order to create a simple to-do list or blog on my own. This is probably the closest tutorial on how to setup a database. But it's lacking in a sense due to not having a schema or so defined in order for me to edit or add "tables".

Simply put, I'm looking for a tutorial a complete beginner is able to follow on how to setup a database and define custom schemas for data (e.g. products that can have reviews nested in them).

Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 851

Answers (4)

marko
marko

Reputation: 2094

I find this screencasts very helpful for nodeJS + MongoDB, even though the mongoose has been updated a lot since the video, but the basics remained. And you'll learn the new one in no time just by skimming mongoose's doc.

I've downloaded all of his videos and watch them every time I need brushing up my node skillz :p

Sidenote: He just uploaded screencast for couchDB, for other who prefers different cup of tea.

Upvotes: 0

patalmypal
patalmypal

Reputation: 6712

For installing different NoSQL options including MongoDB, CochDB, Redis and SQLite for use with Node.js this is a nice walk through.

Once installed the following steps are required to get going with the database. Typical example for mongodb:

    var mongoose = require('mongoose');
    mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/your_database');
    var Schema = mongoose.Schema;
    var User = new Schema({
    '_id' : String,
    'name' : String,
    'votes' : Number });
    var User_Model = mongoose.model('User', User);

Approaches to read/ write data from/to the database varies.

Upvotes: 1

Sebastian Stumpf
Sebastian Stumpf

Reputation: 2791

I guess this should cover it: Node.js, MongoDB and Mongoose

You mentioned that you wanted to create a Todo application. There is TodoMVC. You can see various MVC Frameworks in action. There's also an example with Mongoose and Backbone.

Upvotes: 2

Joshua Peterson
Joshua Peterson

Reputation: 1046

I think the simplest thing to do is to download and install MongoDB and use the mongodb-native driver to store and access your data.

MongoDB is schema-less so you won't need to define any table or keys in advance. Simply open a collection (which will be created automatically if it doesn't exist) and start storing documents/objects in it.

Mongo is fast, powerful and, in my opinion, easy to use.

See mongodb.org for more information.

Upvotes: 0

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