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Best Books to Read to Advance Your Career in Tech

Posted by Samaneh Nasihatkon
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Best Books to Read to Advance Your Career in Tech

There is no difference between looking for a job when you have just graduated from college or you are thinking about a career change. Both need proper knowledge.

Although finding a new opportunity seems challenging, there are some ways to prepare ourselves, learning from other people’s experiences. 

Let’s continue reading this article and find out one of the best ways to expand our knowledge before starting a new career.

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Data Services

MongoDB – What Is It and When Should I Use It?

Posted by Cedric Hopf
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MongoDB - What Is It and When Should I Use It?

Always wondered what a NoSQL database and specifically MongoDB is? Then you are exactly right here. In the following, we will explain the strengths and weaknesses of NoSQL databases. You will learn when it makes sense to use such a database and when it makes sense to stick with a more classical and historically known database. To round it all off, we have created an example app with Go that takes a JSON string, stores it in a MongoDB database, and reads the created object from the database again.

In this article, we are going to present the NoSQL database, using MongoDB as a reference. We’ll point out some strengths and weaknesses of NoSQL databases when it is of interest to use such a database and when you should stick with a more classical and historically known database. We will wrap this article up with a code snippet in Go.

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