MongoDB is a popular open source document-oriented NoSQL solution that is known for having excellent performance and scalability. MongoDB sports a schema-less structure that supports consistency and tolerance to network partitioning. It is designed for high-performance, scalability, and replication. Unlike a traditional SQL database, in MongoDB there are no transactions and no joins.

We will start with a summary and the basics and finish with practical examples demonstrating some of the more unique features as seen from a Java perspective.

Nathan Tippy is a principal software engineer with Object Computing, Inc. (OCI). He has been doing active development with Java since 1995 and MongoDB since 2009.