GUI Tools For MongoDB

Robomongo shows all the database that are present in the MongoDB server and also show the list of Collections and function of the database. So we can select any database or collection easily and use that.

Multiple Shell

We can open as many shells as we need, each tab in Robomongo contains a MongoDB shell, and all the shells are fully isolated from each other. Press Ctrl + T to open a new tab.

Robomongo provides autocomplete for all objects that are known by JavaScipt runtime. Robomongo also provides autocomplete for database, collection, and document objects.

Default View Mode

Robomongo provides the following three Views mode ( tree mode, table mode, text mode ) for documents that makes it easy to read and understand any document.

Tree Mode

Table Mode

Text Mode

Easy to Execute

In Robomongo we can execute the command by pressing Ctrl +Enter. We can execute all the queries that are written in the shell or select any specific command.

If we use multiple commands, then Robomongo shows the result of each command in a vertical orientation, but we can toggle the result from vertical to horizontal or vice versa using the F10 key.

Vertical Orientation

Vertical Orientation

Edit Document Directly

In Robomongo we can edit any document directly, we don't require to use the update command. So Robomongo provides an easy and very fast method to edit any document. To edit any document just right-click on the document and select the Edit document option.

Select Edit Document Option

Edit Document

Save or Open Script

Robomongo provides a great feature in that we can save all the commands of the current open shell as a JavaScript file and further use this JavaScript file and execute all the commands that are written in the JavaScript file.

Save Script: Either press Ctrl+S or use Toolbar to save the script.

When we check this JavaScript file that all the commands of Shell are present in this file.

Open Script: In the same way either use Ctrl +O or use Toolbar to open a script.

Summary

Today we learned how to install Robomongo on the system and read some features of Robomongo. If you are a beginner in MongoDB, then I suggest you use the command line tool MongoDB because it will develop your command on programming. If we use any GUI tool in starting then we cant understand programming concepts in an efficient way. So first learn the basics of MongoDB command and after that use any GUI tool.

Thanks for reading this article.