use mongoose with node.js to make things easier for MongoDB

First of all you should have installed MongoDB and be able to run it before you install mongoose. You can read this article to see how to do that on Mac.

In order to install mongoose, we’ll use npm command in the project folder. But first, you should go to the relevant project folder in command line.

Hint: You can use cd command to change directories in command line. (ex: cd Desktop)

1. Install mongoose with npm

npm i mongoose

Once that’s done, we can go over to the next step…

How to use mongo shell in command line

If you haven’t installed MongoDB, or you want to check if it is running, you can read the previous article before reading this one.

After the installation, while MongoDB is running, you should be able to access mongo shell by just typing mongo in command line.

1. Access the Mongo Shell:

mongo

Now, you should see “>” character in the beginning of the row.

In mongo shell you can type “help” to see some most common commands.

2. Help Command:

>help

A brief introduction to install and setup MongoDB.

In order to install MongoDB on your Mac, you should first install HomeBrew which is a package manager for Mac OS.

You can check if brew is already installed on your computer with this command in terminal:

brew --version

If you can’t see any version of brew you should install it. The following code snippets are terminal commands.

1. Install Brew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

2. Find the MongoDB tab

brew tap mongodb/brew

3. Install MongoDB

brew install mongodb-community

Now that you installed MongoDB you can create the db folder.

4. Create…