Schema Design Patterns and Anti-patterns
Learn essential schema design patterns like inheritance and computed patterns. Learn to identify and avoid common anti-patterns, such as unbounded arrays and bloated documents, to optimize your MongoDB database for performance and efficiency.
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Upon completion of the Schema Patterns and Anti-patterns skill check, you will earn a Credly Badge that you are able to share with your network. |
Learning Objectives
Apply Schema Design Patterns
You will be able to define common schema design patterns such as the inheritance pattern, computed pattern, and extended reference pattern, and understand how and when to apply them.
Identify Anti-patterns
You will be able to identify anti-patterns such as unbounded arrays and bloated documents and understand how to avoid them.
Joel Lord | Lead, Curriculum Eng/Technologist
Joel Lord is a curriculum engineer at MongoDB who is committed to empowering developers through education and active community involvement. With more than twenty years of experience in software development, developer advocacy, and technical education, he combines extensive expertise with a dedication to making complex topics more understandable.
Holding a Bachelor of Science in computational astrophysics from Université Laval, Joel started his career in web development before he focused on assisting others in their learning journeys. At MongoDB, he develops educational materials designed to equip developers with the skills to build improved applications, drawing on his wide-ranging experience as a speaker at global conferences.
When he is not working, Joel enjoys stargazing in remote camping areas, experimenting with inventive brewing methods in his garage, and offering emotional support to his two cats, who often appear as guests during his Zoom meetings.
Manuel Fontan Garcia | Senior Technologist, Education
Manuel is a Senior Technologist on the Curriculum team at MongoDB. Previously he was a Senior Technical Services Engineer in the Core team at MongoDB. In between Manuel worked as a database reliability engineer at Slack for a little over 2 years and then for Cognite until he re-joined MongoDB. With over 15 years experience in software development and distributed systems, he is naturally curious and holds a Telecommunications Engineering MSc from Vigo University (Spain) and a Free and Open Source Software MSc from Rey Juan Carlos University (Spain).
Emily Pope | Senior Curriculum Designer
Emily Pope is a Senior Curriculum Designer at MongoDB. She loves learning and loves making it easy for others to learn how and when to use deeply technical products. Recently, she's been creating AI and vector search content for MongoDB University. Before that, she's created learning experiences on databases, computer science, full stack development, and even clinical trial design and analysis. Emily holds an Ed.M. in International Education Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Education and began her career as an English teacher in Turkiye with the Fulbright program.
Daniel Curran | Senior Software Engineer
Daniel is a Senior Software Engineer at MongoDB. Before joining MongoDB, he worked as an Instructional Designer and Content Developer specialising in technical content for a host of international clients. Daniel's goal is to remove obstacles so learners can feel confident on their journey to become masters of MongoDB.
Parker Faucher| Senior Software Engineer
Parker is a Senior Software Engineer on the Education team at MongoDB. Prior to joining MongoDB, he helped maintain a world class developer bootcamp that was offered in multiple universities. He is a self taught developer who loves being able to give back to the community that has helped him so much.
John McCambridge | Curriculum Engineer
John is a Curriculum Engineer on the University team at MongoDB. Before his work as a Curriculum Engineer, he was an instructor and teaching assistant for coding boot camps at UT (Austin), and UCLA. Additionally, he worked as a QA engineer for a startup called Coder and spent five years at Apple Inc. John is a passionate software engineer and educator who enjoys taking complex topics and making them digestible for the community.
