Does the use of mongodb it easier to extend/change database driven applications?
- by developer10214
When an application is created which need to store data, an SQL database is used very often.
So did I in a lot of asp.net applications. The resulting applications have often an ORM like the entity framework and maybe a business layer.
So when such an application needs to be extended(let's say you have to add a comment property to an object), you have to change/extend the database, then the ORM and the business layer and so on.
To deploy the changes you have to update the target database and the application. I know that things like code first and fluent can make this approach easier.
I tried mongodb, I only used the standard driver and I had to extend some objects and all I had to do was changing the code.
So it feels that such approaches are much easier to realize when using mongodb.
I don't have much experience with larger applications an mongodb. I know that a SQL database or mongodb doesn't fit for all needs and both have their pros and cons.
I want to know if my feeling is right, if yes I would choose rather choose mongodb than SQL database.
