This book is a tutorial on MongoDB customized for developers working in Microsoft .NET 6, .NET 7, and beyond. It explains the differences between relational database systems and the document model supported by MongoDB, and shows how to build .NET applications that run against a MongoDB database, especially one in the cloud. 

Author Luce Carter kicks things off by teaching you how to determine when to use a document database versus a relational engine. After that, she walks you through building a Microsoft .NET project combining the MongoDB Atlas cloud database as a service solution with a .NET. application. In the process, you will learn how to create, read, update, and delete data in MongoDB from any .NET project. 

You will come away from this book with a solid understanding of MongoDB’s Developer Data Platform and how to use it from your .NET applications. You’ll be able to connect to MongoDB in the cloud and take advantage of the flexibility and scalability that MongoDB’s document storage model provides, and you’ll understand how to craft your applications to run using document storage and the MongoDB database engine.

 You will:

• Know when to use the MongoDB document model
• Build .NET applications that connect to MongoDB for data storage
• Create MongoDB clusters on the MongoDB Atlas cloud platform
• Store data in MongoDB Atlas
• Create, Read, Update, and Delete (CRUD) data from .NET 6 and .NET 7 Web API projects
• Test your CRUD endpoints using RESTful operations
• Link your API up to a front end using the Model View Controller architecture
• Validate schemas to help protect against breaking changes

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Choosing MongoDB

Chapter 2: What Is MongoDB?

Chapter 3: Creating an Account

Chapter 4: Creating Your First Cluster and Loading Sample Dataset

Chapter 5: Browsing Your Data

Chapter 6: Creating the Application

Chapter 7: Adding MongoDB

Chapter 8: Creating and Interacting with Documents from Code

Chapter 9: Testing the Endpoints

Chapter 10: Schema Validation

Chapter 11: What Next?

About the Author

Luce Carter is a Developer Advocate for MongoDB with a passion for sharing knowledge and making technology and code seem less intimidating. She is a Microsoft MVP and an international public speaker, enjoying speaking at conferences and other local meetups to share things she is passionate about. She can also be found creating YouTube videos, and blogging, or on a squash court. Her work to educate developers includes helping them to battle Imposter Syndrome–one line of code and story at a time.