Company
Date Published
Author
Massimiliano Marcon
Word count
730
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The new MongoDB Shell is now Generally Available (GA) and becomes the default shell for the MongoDB platform, offering a modern command-line experience with enhanced usability features and a powerful scripting environment. The new shell is compatible with MongoDB 4.0+ and includes syntax highlighting, intelligent autocomplete, and an advanced scripting environment built on top of Node.js REPL. It also introduces extensibility through Snippets, which are plugins that can be installed to add new functionality to the shell. The legacy mongo shell will be deprecated starting with MongoDB 5.0, but users are encouraged to switch to mongosh as their default shell. The new shell is available for download and provides a powerful tool for working with data and MongoDB deployments from the command line.