I have recently finished watching the Pluralsight course on Using MongoDB with ASP.NET MVC. I have been intending to look more into NoSQL for months now but have not got around to it. This course was the perfect excuse to do so!
The course starts by briefly introducing you to MongoDB and then swiftly shows you how to integrate it into an MVC application. It takes you through CRUD operations using Mongo as the data store then shows you GridFS (the file store for MongoDB) and the new aggregation pipeline model.
I was really impressed with the course (to the extent I decided to blog about it!). In the space of a few hours I went from knowing very little about a technology to being confident about how to utilize it in a project. Wes McClure is a first rate presenter who keeps you engaged through the course, supplying clear explanations and useful information for future proofing your Mongo projects. He also has a very interesting blog which is worth looking at. It's full of good advice and issues he has encountered in the real world.
This was one of my favourite Pluralsight course formats where you are able to code along to the course and end up with the same end product. Granted you will need to code some of the razor views yourself but the important C# code for interacting with the Mongo driver is all on show.
Wes finishes the course with some great advice: Build something! I already have a couple of projects in mind to use with MongoDB.
Where to go from here... I will start watching Nuri Halperin course Introduction to MongoDB which Wes recommends as this will get you more familiar with the MongoDB server itself. I have also spied Seven Databases in Seven Weeks which looks like a great read to getting familiar with a wide variety of NoSQL databases. But most importantly, I will be developing something.
If you want a practical introduction to MongoDB from a Web Development perspective, this is the course for you.
The days of polygot persistence are upon us.
