22.3 JavaScript Quick-Start Guide: MySQL Shell for Document Store

22.3.1 MySQL Shell

22.3.2 Download and Import world_x Database

22.3.3 Documents and Collections

22.3.4 Relational Tables

22.3.5 Documents in Tables

This quick-start guide provides instructions to begin prototyping document store applications interactively with MySQL Shell. The guide includes the following topics:

• Introduction to MySQL functionality, MySQL Shell, and the world_x example schema.

• Operations to manage collections and documents.

• Operations to manage relational tables.

• Operations that apply to documents within tables.

To follow this quick-start guide you need a MySQL server with X Plugin installed, the default in 8.4, and MySQL Shell to use as the client. MySQL Shell 8.4 provides more in-depth information about MySQL Shell. The Document Store is accessed using X DevAPI, and MySQL Shell provides this API in both JavaScript and Python.

Related Information

• MySQL Shell 8.4 provides more in-depth information about MySQL Shell.

• See Installing MySQL Shell and Section 22.5, “X Plugin” for more information about the tools used in this quick-start guide.

• X DevAPI User Guide provides more examples of using X DevAPI to develop applications which use Document Store.

• A Python quick-start guide is also available.