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Create MongoDB database - Next.js Tutorial

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Create MongoDB database

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All right, so now we're going to start to work on setting up our database. So we have a lot to do in this section. We need to create the database. We're going to import some data through a tool called Compass. We're going to create our connection configuration, create our models, and then start to fetch our data into our application rather than using the JSON file that we're using right now. All right, so we are using MongoDB, which is a NoSQL database. It's also called a document database. And it stores collections of data. And the data is stored in something called a document that's very similar to a JSON object or a JSON array. So if you've worked with JSON, then you're going to have no problem really understanding how the records are stored. It's much different than a relational database. Now, we're going to be using MongoDB Atlas, which is the cloud version. And this is the more common way to do things these days, is to host your database in the cloud. And that means that you…

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