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Discussion on: A sample e-commerce web app built with ReactJS, ExpressJS and MongoDB

 
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Bo

For beginners nothing can beat MySQL, though. Even for majority of projects a simple relational DB like MySQL or PostgreSQL is the best choice. The only successful use of MongoDB that I know about in the wild is Trello.

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David Lorenz

I disagree to the extent that as always in business it comes down to a proper pre-analysis. Depending on which type of learner you are NoSQL / SQL can be easier. That really is individual. Stating "Nothing can beat MySQL" is a very absolute expression. In IT things can rarely be seen absolute but always depend on the individual and the business case: linkedin.com/pulse/why-amazon-goog...