# Useful Tips For Getting Started With MongoDB in .NET Core

DevFeed: [Useful Tips For Getting Started With MongoDB in .NET Core](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/useful-tips-for-getting-started-with-mongodb-in-net-core-17702.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://nexocode.com/blog/posts/getting-started-with-mongodb-in.net-core-applications/>)

Author: witali-stinski

Published: 2022-03-03T23:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Backend Development on nexocode](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/backend-development-on-nexocode.md>)

Topics: [MongoDB](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mongodb.md>), [net core](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/net-core.md>), [ASP.NET Core](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/asp-net-core.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [database](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/database.md>), [getting-started](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/getting-started.md>), [mongodb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mongodb.md>), [net-core](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net-core.md>), [nosql](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nosql.md>)

## AI overview

A practical introduction to using MongoDB with .NET Core applications. The article recommends the official MongoDB .NET Driver instead of an ORM abstraction, explains MongoClient usage, and discusses connection strings and secure credential storage.

## Source excerpt

MongoDB database is one of the most popular NoSql solutions on the market today. Of course, it provides support for .NET Core, as well as for other popular programming languages and frameworks. In this article, I want to share my experience when I started to use Mongo as the main database with the .NET Core application. Before, I mainly used relational databases for a long time, and some NoSQL terms were confusing for me. Just like for many developers with a background in relational databases. You need to switch mindset - from relations and schema to no relations and schemaless.