Section 1: Essentials

This section is designed to give you a high-level overview of MongoDB 4.x. In this section, you are introduced to the first of three realistic scenarios, a fictitious company called Sweets Complete, Inc. These scenarios are representative of real-life companies and are designed to show how MongoDB can be incorporated into various types of businesses.

In this section, you'll learn about the key differences between MongoDB 3 and 4. You will learn not only how to install MongoDB 4.x for a future customer, but also how to set up an environment based upon Docker technology that you can use throughout the remainder of the book in order to run the examples. You will also learn basic MongoDB administration using the mongo shell.

This section contains the following chapters:

• Chapter 1, Introducing MongoDB 4.x
• Chapter 2, Setting Up MongoDB 4.x
• Chapter 3, Essential MongoDB Administration Techniques