Phoenix MongoDB User Group

Inaugural Phoenix MongoDB Meetup!

We are excited to have Chris Westin, senior engineer with 10gen.com (creators of MongoDB), with us to kick off the inaugural meetup.

Intro to MongoDB and the new aggregation framework

First, we'll give a brief introduction to MongoDB for folks unfamiliar with it.  What is MongoDB, and what does it offer that relational databases don't?  This will cover the design rationale for some of MongoDB's features such as automated failover and structured document storage. After that, we'll cover MongoDB's new Aggregation Framework.   Up until now, performing queries comparable to SQL group-by functionality has required using MongoDB's built-in map/reduce feature.  This works, but is more difficult than it should be for many queries.   MongoDB's next release will include the new Aggregation Framework, which makes it possible to do these kinds of queries much more easily, without having to use map/reduce or write custom JavaScript.  We'll describe the features of the framework, and demonstrate its use.

 

Chris Westin is a software engineer at 10gen, where he helps build and support MongoDB. Prior to 10gen, Chris held senior engineering positions at Yahoo! and Netflix. 

 

You can find more information about mongoDB here:

http://www.mongodb.org/

Downloads @ http://www.mongodb.org/downloads

Presentations at http://www.10gen.com/presentations

Events and Webinar information at http://www.10gen.com/events

 

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  • Syam Raj
    Syam Raj

    Thanks, Chris!

    February 28, 2012

  • Jason Hiller
    Jason Hiller

    Great event!

    February 28, 2012

  • German Greiner
    German Greiner

    Great speaker, and location.

    February 28, 2012

  • Spencer Alger
    Spencer Alger

    First time attending a user group of any kind and I felt like it was very educational.

    February 28, 2012

  • A former member
    A former member

    Thanks to everyone that came last night; it was very exciting to see all the energy around MongoDB. And thanks again to our hosts from The Apollo Group.

    Here are the slides from my presentations:
    http://www.slideshare.net/cwest...
    http://www.slideshare.net/cwest...

    1 · February 28, 2012

  • John Reynolds
    John Reynolds

    I was encouraged with the initial engagement and attendance from the local community and look forward to what we'll accomplish with some time on our side on the planning front.

    Many thanks to the attendees for showing up and participating.

    February 27, 2012

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