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Former founder of Compose (now an IBM company). YC 2011. Made databases fun to scale. Now doing some other things. Did I mention I have 5 kids?

jasonmccay / gist:1145512

Created August 15, 2011 00:39

An example mongoid.yml (YAML) file to configure MongoDB replica sets with MongoHQ.

	defaults: &defaults
	autocreate_indexes: true
	max_retries_on_connection_failure: 3

	allow_dynamic_fields: false

	development:
	host: localhost
	database: taq_development

jasonmccay / gist:1273301

Created October 9, 2011 04:33

	namespace mongohq_csharp.Models.DTO
	{
	public class DeveloperDTO
	{
	public BsonObjectId id { get; set; }
	public string name { get; set; }
	public string languages { get; set; }
	public string company { get; set; }
	}
	}

jasonmccay / mongohq_getting_started_csharp_developer_model

Created October 9, 2011 05:02

	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using mongohq_csharp.Models.DTO;

	namespace mongohq_csharp.Models
	{
	public class DeveloperModel
	{
	public IList<DeveloperDTO> developers { get; set; }
	}
	}

jasonmccay / gist:1273326

Created October 9, 2011 05:05

Adding DeveloperModel.cs to the Models directory.

	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using mongohq_csharp.Models.DTO;

	namespace mongohq_csharp.Models
	{
	public class DeveloperModel
	{
	public IList<DeveloperDTO> developers { get; set; }
	}
	}

jasonmccay / web.config

Created October 9, 2011 05:07

Set up a connection string in the web.config file of the project.

	<connectionStrings>
	<add name="ApplicationServices"
	connectionString="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;Integrated Security=SSPI;AttachDBFilename=\|DataDirectory\|aspnetdb.mdf;User Instance=true"
	providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
	<add name="MongoHQ"
	connectionString="your mongo uri"/>
	</connectionStrings>

jasonmccay / gist:1273333

Created October 9, 2011 05:12

Declare a private MongoDatabase object in our DeveloperController

	public class DeveloperController : Controller
	{
	readonly MongoDatabase mongo_db;

	public DeveloperController()
	{
	mongo_db = retreive_mongohq_db();
	}

	}

jasonmccay / gist:1273337

Created October 9, 2011 05:15

Get the MongoHQ database with the connection string.

	static MongoDatabase retreive_mongohq_db()
	{
	return MongoServer.Create(
	ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["MongoHQ"].ConnectionString)
	.GetDatabase("t2");
	}

jasonmccay / gist:1273340

Created October 9, 2011 05:17

Create your Developer Controller

	using System.Linq;
	using System.Web.Mvc;
	using System.Configuration;
	using MongoDB.Driver;
	using mongohq_csharp.Models;
	using mongohq_csharp.Models.DTO;

	namespace mongohq_csharp.Controllers
	{
	public class DeveloperController : Controller

jasonmccay / gist:1273351

Created October 9, 2011 05:29

Creating a view for the Developer Listing.

	<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<mongohq_csharp.Models.DeveloperModel>" %>

	<asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server">
	Index
	</asp:Content>

	<asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">

	<h2>Developers</h2>

jasonmccay / gist:1273352

Created October 9, 2011 05:32

Add Index method to the Controller

	public ActionResult Index()
	{
	var model = new DeveloperModel();
	var developers_collection = mongo_db.GetCollection("developers").FindAll().AsEnumerable();

	model.developers = (from developer in developers_collection
	select new DeveloperDTO
	{
	id = developer["_id"].AsObjectId,
	name = developer["name"].AsString,