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In this video.

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Let's talk about ways of using MongoDB or how we can use MongoDB.

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Well, we have two ways of interacting with MongoDB or two ways of which we can work with MongoDB.

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And the first one is what we call the MongoDB shell.

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The next option is to use what is called MongoDB drivers.

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So what are the differences between these two options?

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Let's talk about the MongoDB shell.

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What is the MongoDB shell with?

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One line.

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I describe MongoDB shell as using MongoDB without a programming language, but instead we are going

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to use the terminal as a way of interacting with MongoDB.

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So the MongoDB shell is a command line interface that lets you to interact MongoDB directly and it is

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easy to use and does not required any programming knowledge.

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The way MongoDB is awesome is that if you want to work with MongoDB, you don't need any programming

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language.

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If you want to work with the MongoDB shell, but instead the shell is limited in terms of the functionality

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it offers.

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And we normally use the shell as a playground to play around with MongoDB and see how it works.

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And also the shell is a neutral ground for working with MongoDB.

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The next point about the shell is that it is a neutral ground for working with MongoDB, whether you

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are Node.js developer or Java developer.

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The shell is neutral ground where we can use without using any programming language.

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So what about the MongoDB drivers?

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Well, in one line it is using MongoDB with a programming language where and this is what we want.

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Well, MongoDB drivers are programming libraries that lets you to interact with MongoDB database from

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within your own code.

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So it means that we can use MongoDB in any programming languages like Java, Python C and many more.

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It is not only with Node.js, so the drivers have asked to interact with a specific programming language

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to work with MongoDB.

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So here comes the question which option are we going to use?

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Well, it depends on your needs.

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One, if you just want to quickly query and update data in MongoDB, then the share will be the best

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way to go.

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But if you need more control or want to build more complex applications, then you need to use the MongoDB

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driver.

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So in one case, we are going to stick to the drivers because we are going to build applications using

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NuGet.

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So it means that we are going to use Node.js drivers to work with MongoDB.

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The next video, let's get started with how we can install MongoDB.