Need to learn the absolute basics of managing MongoDB? This tutorial covers the essential commands for handling databases and collections using the Mongo Shell (mongosh).

What you will learn:

Create a Database: How to use the use [db_name] command. (Note: The database is only fully created after you insert the first document).

List Databases: How to see all existing databases with the show dbs command.

Drop a Database: How to select and permanently delete an entire database using db.dropDatabase().

Create a Collection: How to explicitly create a new collection with db.createCollection("myCollection").

List Collections: How to see all collections in your current database using show collections.

Drop a Collection: How to permanently delete a specific collection using db.myCollection.drop().

These are the fundamental commands you need to get started managing your data in MongoDB!

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