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| 1 | +.. _ruby-external-resources: |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +******************** |
| 4 | +Additional Resources |
| 5 | +******************** |
| 6 | + |
| 7 | +.. default-domain:: mongodb |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +.. contents:: On this page |
| 10 | + :local: |
| 11 | + :backlinks: none |
| 12 | + :depth: 1 |
| 13 | + :class: twocols |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +There are a number of good resources appearing all over the web for |
| 16 | +learning about MongoDB and Ruby. A useful selection is listed below. If |
| 17 | +you know of others, do let us know. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +Screencasts |
| 20 | +=========== |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | +- `Introduction to MongoDB - Part I |
| 23 | + <http://teachmetocode.com/screencasts/introduction-to-mongodb-part-i>`_ |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | + An introduction to MongoDB via the MongoDB shell. |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | +- `Introduction to MongoDB - Part II |
| 28 | + <http://teachmetocode.com/screencasts/introduction-to-mongodb-part-ii>`_ |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | + In this screencast, Joon You teaches how to use the Ruby driver to |
| 31 | + build a simple Sinatra app. |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | +- `Introduction to MongoDB - Part III |
| 34 | + <http://teachmetocode.com/screencasts/introduction-to-mongodb-part-iii-mongomapper-rails>`_ |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | + For the final screencast in the series, Joon You introduces |
| 37 | + MongoMapper and Rails. |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | +- `RailsCasts: MongoDB & MongoMapper |
| 40 | + <http://railscasts.com/episodes/194-mongodb-and-mongomapper>`_ |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | + Ryan Bates' RailsCast introducing MongoDB and MongoMapper. |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +- `RailsCasts: Mongoid <http://railscasts.com/episodes/238-mongoid>`_ |
| 45 | + |
| 46 | + Ryan Bates' RailsCast introducing Mongoid. |
| 47 | + |
| 48 | +Presentations |
| 49 | +============= |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +- `Introduction to MongoDB (Video) <http://pivotallabs.com/talks/85>`_ |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | + Mike Dirolf's introduction to MongoDB at Pivotal Labs, SF. |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | +- `MongoDB: A Ruby Document Store that doesn't rhyme with 'Ouch' |
| 56 | + (Slides) |
| 57 | + <http://www.slideshare.net/pengwynn/mongodb-ruby-document-store-that-doesnt-rhyme-with-ouch>`_ |
| 58 | + |
| 59 | + Wynn Netherland's introduction to MongoDB with some comparisons to |
| 60 | + CouchDB. |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +- `MongoDB (is) for Rubyists (Slides) |
| 63 | + <http://www.slideshare.net/kbanker/mongodb-is-for-rubyists-boston-ruby>`_ |
| 64 | + |
| 65 | + Kyle Banker's presentation on why MongoDB is for Rubyists (and all |
| 66 | + human-oriented programmers). |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | +Articles |
| 69 | +======== |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +- `Why I Think Mongo is to Databases What Rails was to Frameworks |
| 72 | + <http://railstips.org/blog/archives/2009/12/18/why-i-think-mongo-is-to-databases-what-rails-was-to-frameworks/>`_ |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | +- `What if a key-value store mated with a relational database system? |
| 75 | + <http://railstips.org/2009/6/3/what-if-a-key-value-store-mated-with-a-relational-database-system>`_ |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +- `Mongo Tips <http://mongotips.com>`_ |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | + John Nunemaker's articles on MongoDB and his Mongo Tips blog. |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | +- A series of articles on aggregation with MongoDB and Ruby: |
| 82 | + |
| 83 | + 1. `Part I: Introduction of Aggregation in MongoDB |
| 84 | + <http://kylebanker.com/blog/2009/11/mongodb-count-group/>`_ |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + #. `Part II: MongoDB Grouping Elaborated |
| 87 | + <http://kylebanker.com/blog/2009/11/mongodb-advanced-grouping/>`_ |
| 88 | + |
| 89 | + #. `Part III: Introduction to Map-Reduce in MongoDB |
| 90 | + <http://kylebanker.com/blog/2009/11/mongodb-advanced-grouping/>`_ |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +- `Does the MongoDB Driver Support Feature X? |
| 93 | + <http://kylebanker.com/blog/2010/03/28/does-the-driver-support-feature-x/>`_ |
| 94 | + |
| 95 | + An explanation of how the MongoDB drivers usually automatically |
| 96 | + support new database features. |
| 97 | + |
| 98 | +Projects |
| 99 | +======== |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | +- `Capistrano Mongo Sync <https://www.openlistings.com/capistrano-mongo-sync-ruby-gem>`_ |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | + Sync your local development db with your remote production db using capistrano. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +- `Simple Pub/Sub <https://gist.github.com/669309>`_ |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | + A very simple pub/sub system. |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +- `Mongo Queue <http://github.com/Skiz/mongo_queue>`_ |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + An extensible thread safe job/message queueing system that uses |
| 112 | + MongoDB as the persistent storage engine. |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +- `Resque-mongo <http://github.com/ctrochalakis/resque-mongo>`_ |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + A port of the Github's Resque to MongoDB. |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +- `Mongo Admin <http://github.com/ahe/mongo_admin>`_ |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | + A Rails plugin for browsing and managing MongoDB data. See the `live |
| 121 | + demo <http://mongo_admin.2dconcept.com>`_. |
| 122 | + |
| 123 | +- `Sinatra Resource <http://github.com/djsun/sinatra_resource>`_ |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | + Resource Oriented Architecture (REST) for Sinatra and MongoMapper. |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +- `NewsMonger <http://github.com/banker/newsmonger>`_ |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | + A simple social news application demonstrating MongoMapper and Rails. |
| 130 | + |
| 131 | +- `Data Catalog API <http://github.com/sunlightlabs/datacatalog-api>`_ |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | + From `Sunlight Labs <http://www.sunlightlabs.com/>`_, a non-trivial |
| 134 | + application using MongoMapper and Sinatra. |
| 135 | + |
| 136 | +- `Watchtower <http://github.com/kneath/watchtower/>`_ |
| 137 | + |
| 138 | + An example application using Mustache, MongoDB, and Sinatra. |
| 139 | + |
| 140 | +- `Shapado <http://github.com/patcito/Shapado>`_ |
| 141 | + |
| 142 | + A question and answer site similar to Stack Overflow. Live version at |
| 143 | + `shapado.com <http://shapado.com>`_. |
| 144 | + |
| 145 | +.. Does not seem to exist |
| 146 | +.. - `Shorty <http://github.com/dancroak/shorty/>`_ |
| 147 | +.. A URL-shortener written with Sinatra and the MongoDB Ruby driver. |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +Libraries |
| 150 | +========= |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +- `ActiveExpando <http://github.com/hayesdavis/active-expando>`_ |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | + An extension to ActiveRecord to allow the storage of arbitrary |
| 155 | + attributes in MongoDB. |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +- `ActsAsTree (MongoMapper) |
| 158 | + <http://github.com/ramdiv/mongo_mapper_acts_as_tree>`_ |
| 159 | + |
| 160 | + ActsAsTree implementation for MongoMapper. |
| 161 | + |
| 162 | +- `Machinist adapter (MongoMapper) |
| 163 | + <http://github.com/yeastymobs/machinist_mongomapper/tree/master>`_ |
| 164 | + |
| 165 | + Machinist adapter using MongoMapper. |
| 166 | + |
| 167 | +- `Mongo-Delegate <http://github.com/mharris717/mongo_delegate>`_ |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | + A delegation library for experimenting with production data without |
| 170 | + altering it. A quite useful pattern. |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | +- `Remarkable Matchers (MongoMapper) |
| 173 | + <http://github.com/nmerouze/machinist_mongo>`_ |
| 174 | + |
| 175 | + Testing / Matchers library using MongoMapper. |
| 176 | + |
| 177 | +- `OpenIdAuthentication, supporting MongoDB as the datastore |
| 178 | + <http://github.com/collectiveidea/open_id_authentication>`_ |
| 179 | + |
| 180 | + Brandon Keepers' fork of OpenIdAuthentication supporting MongoDB. |
| 181 | + |
| 182 | +- `MongoTree (MongoRecord) |
| 183 | + <http://github.com/mully/mongo_tree/tree/master>`_ |
| 184 | + |
| 185 | + MongoTree adds parent / child relationships to MongoRecord. |
| 186 | + |
| 187 | +- `Merb_MongoMapper |
| 188 | + <http://github.com/shingara/merb_mongomapper/tree/master>`_ |
| 189 | + |
| 190 | + A plugin for the Merb framework for supporting MongoMapper models. |
| 191 | + |
| 192 | +- `Mongolytics (MongoMapper) |
| 193 | + <http://github.com/tpitale/mongolytics/tree/master>`_ |
| 194 | + |
| 195 | + A web analytics tool. |
| 196 | + |
| 197 | +- `Rack-GridFS <http://github.com/skinandbones/rack-gridfs/>`_ |
| 198 | + |
| 199 | + A Rack middleware component that creates HTTP endpoints for files |
| 200 | + stored in GridFS. |
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