Programming language drivers: C, C++, C#

• Why are drivers important?

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  • Using the mongo command shell is of limited usefulness
  • Opens up MongoDB to real world applications

• What drivers are available?

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  • JavaScript, Python, Ruby,
    PHP, Perl, Java, Scala,
    C#, C, C++,
    Haskell, Erlang

• How do you install a driver?

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  • Check for pre-compiled binary or installer package
  • Specific instructions next

• C, C++ and C#

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  • Get c driver source from github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver
  • MongoDB is written in C++
  • For C# get msi and zip files from github.com/mongodb/mongo-csharp-driver/releases