Dev News Digest for January 30, 2013

Stop Using MongoDB as a SQL Database

...numerous sites and blog posts some kind of tips or tutorials about MongoDB that includes the most SQL-ish structure that you wouldn’t do in MongoDB (of course not all situations fit this, but it’s a good approach in some cases)

I’m talking about embedded objects collections. In an usual SQL database you would do a JOIN to find all the objects that are connected to a simple row. We all have done that, but… In MongoDB, if it doesn’t mean content replication, this should be achieved through embedded collections (stored inside the document itself).

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PhoneGap 2.3.0 with Windows Phone 8 Support

Adobe Systems has released PhoneGap 2.3.0 with full support for Windows Phone 8. It also includes support for InAppBrowser which enables you to view video files in full screen mode. PhoneGap is a tool that allows installing HTML5 app as native app on mobile device.

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