/*jshint strict: false */ //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// @brief Shell tutorial /// /// @file /// /// DISCLAIMER /// /// Copyright 2004-2014 triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany /// /// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); /// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. /// You may obtain a copy of the License at /// /// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 /// /// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software /// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, /// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. /// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and /// limitations under the License. /// /// Copyright holder is triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany /// /// @author Jan Steemann /// @author Copyright 2012-2014, triAGENS GmbH, Cologne, Germany //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// var index = 0; var next = "Type 'tutorial' again to get to the next chapter."; var lessons = [ { title: "Welcome to the tutorial!", text: "This is a user-interactive tutorial on ArangoDB and the ArangoDB shell.\n" + "It will give you a first look into ArangoDB and how it works." }, { title: "JavaScript Shell", text: "On this shell's prompt, you can issue arbitrary JavaScript commands.\n" + "So you are able to do things like...:\n\n" + " number = 123;\n" + " number = number * 10;" }, { title: "Running Complex Instructions", text: "You can also run more complex instructions, such as for loops:\n\n" + " for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) { number = number + 1; }" }, { title: "Printing Results", text: "As you can see, the result of the last command executed is printed automatically. " + "To explicitly print a value at any other time, there is the print function:\n\n" + " for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) { print(\"I am a JavaScript shell\"); }" }, { title: "Creating Collections", text: "ArangoDB is a document database. This means that we store data as documents " + "(which are similar to JavaScript objects) in so-called 'collections'. " + "Let's create a collection named 'places' now:\n\n" + " db._create('places');\n\n" + "Note: each collection is identified by a unique name. Trying to create a " + "collection that already exists will produce an error." }, { title: "Displaying Collections", text: "Now you can take a look at the collection(s) you just created:\n\n" + " db._collections();\n\n" + "Please note that all collections will be returned, including ArangoDB's pre-defined " + "system collections." }, { title: "Creating Documents", text: "Now we have a collection, but it is empty. So let's create some documents!\n\n" + " db.places.save({ _key : \"foo\", city : \"foo-city\" });\n" + " for (i = 0; i <= 10; i++) { db.places.save({ _key: \"example\" + i, zipcode: i }) };" }, { title: "Displaying All Documents", text: "You want to take a look at your docs? No problem:\n\n" + " db.places.toArray();" }, { title: "Counting Documents", text: "To see how many documents there are in a collection, use the 'count' method:\n\n" + " db.places.count();" }, { title: "Retrieving Single Documents", text: "As you can see, each document has some meta attributes '_id', '_key' and '_rev'.\n" + "The '_key' attribute can be used to quickly retrieve a single document from " + "a collection:\n\n" + " db.places.document(\"foo\");\n" + " db.places.document(\"example5\");" }, { title: "Retrieving Single Documents", text: "The '_id' attribute can also be used to retrieve documents using the 'db' object:\n\n" + " db._document(\"places/foo\");\n" + " db._document(\"places/example5\");" }, { title: "Modifying Documents", text: "You can modify existing documents. Try to add a new attribute to a document and " + "verify whether it has been added:\n\n" + " db._update(\"places/foo\", { zipcode: 39535 });\n" + " db._document(\"places/foo\");" }, { title: "Document Revisions", text: "Note that after updating the document, its '_rev' attribute changed automatically.\n" + "The '_rev' attribute contains a document revision number, and it can be used for " + "conditional modifications. Here's an example of how to avoid lost updates in case " + "multiple clients are accessing the documents in parallel:\n\n" + " doc = db._document(\"places/example1\");\n" + " db._update(\"places/example1\", { someValue: 23 });\n" + " db._update(doc, { someValue: 42 });\n\n" + "Note that the first update will succeed because it was unconditional. The second " + "update however is conditional because we're also passing the document's revision " + "id in the first parameter to _update. As the revision id we're passing to update " + "does not match the document's current revision anymore, the update is rejected." }, { title: "Removing Documents", text: "Deleting single documents can be achieved by providing the document _id or _key:\n\n" + " db._remove(\"places/example7\");\n" + " db.places.remove(\"example8\");\n" + " db.places.count();" }, { title: "Searching Documents", text: "Searching for documents with specific attributes can be done by using the " + "byExample method:\n\n" + " db._create(\"users\");\n" + " for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) { " + "db.users.save({ name: \"username\" + i, active: (i % 3 == 0), age: 30 + i }); }\n" + " db.users.byExample({ active: false }).toArray();\n" + " db.users.byExample({ name: \"username3\", active: true }).toArray();\n" }, { title: "Running AQL Queries", text: "ArangoDB also provides a query language for more complex matching:\n\n" + " db._query(\"FOR u IN users FILTER u.active == true && u.age >= 33 " + "RETURN { username: u.name, age: u.age }\").toArray();" }, { title: "Using Databases", text: "By default, the ArangoShell connects to the default database. The default database " + "is named '_system'. To create another database, use the '_createDatabase' method of the " + "'db' object. To switch into an existing database, use '_useDatabase'. To get rid of a " + "database and all of its collections, use '_dropDatabase':\n\n" + " db._createDatabase(\"mydb\");\n" + " db._useDatabase(\"mydb\");\n" + " db._dropDatabase(\"mydb\");" } ]; //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// @brief print tutorial contents //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// exports._PRINT = function (context) { var colors = require("internal").COLORS; /*jslint regexp: true */ function process (text) { return text.replace(/\n {2}(.+?)(?=\n)/g, "\n " + colors.COLOR_MAGENTA + "$1" + colors.COLOR_RESET); } /*jslint regexp: false */ var headline = colors.COLOR_BOLD_BLUE + (index + 1) + ". 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