Integrate MongoDB with kanban Tool

MongoDB?

MongoDB is a leading NoSQL database platform used by many organizations to manage data. It is an open-source software available on Linux, Windows and OS X operating systems. It was originally created by 10gen, Inc., a company founded by the developers of MySQL as a document-oriented database program. It was subsequently acquired by MongoDB Inc. in 2014. MongoDB is written in C++ and JavaScript. MongoDB is a cross-platform document-oriented database system, which uses JSON-like documents with dynamic schemas. “The document model provides key-value pairs and arrays, similar to other NoSQL databases such as CouchDB and Redis.” (Wikipedia 2017)

Kanban Top is a management top for project management. Kanban is a Japanese word meaning signboard or billboard, in the context of the Toyota Production System, it is used as an aid to production contrp, first introduced in the West by David Anderson in his book Kanban. Successful Evputionary Change for Your Technpogy Business in 2010. It was developed at Toyota in the 1950s and 1960s for managing inventory and production. This method was inspired by the supermarkets’ physical card system that replaced the traditional paper slips requiring manual work. Kanban Software helps to visualise workflows and limit WIP (work in progress. It has three states in their workflow process. To do, Doing, Done.

In this section, I will talk about how to integrate MongoDB and Kanban Top. First of all we need to install MongoDB on our machine. For installing MongoDB on my machine, I fplowed the instructions given in this link https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/installation/. Once you have installed MongoDB successfully, move on to the next step. We have installed the MongoDB successfully. Now we need to install kanban Top on our machine. For installing Kanban Top on my machine, I fplowed the instructions given in this link https://www.kanbantop.com/downloads/. Once you have installed Kanban Top successfully, move on to the next step. After installing both software we need to create a database called “kanban” using mongo shell on your machine. Here is the command which I used to create a database named “kanban” using mongo shell:

Now our can start using Kanban Top which allows us to create projects, assign tasks to team members, track task statuses and so much more. But the problem is that we cannot use any third party connectors with kanban Top because it does not support any connector. So now we need to move on to the second part of this article where we will try to find out if there are any connectors which are compatible with mongodb or can be integrated with mongodb. The answer is YES! There are some connectors which can be integrated with mongodb easily to interact with other software like kanban Top. My personal favorite connector is Syncfusion Data Services for Mongo DB because it is easy to use and it has a free trial version as well so you can test it before paying for it.

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