/* 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: 'Shell History', text: 'You can access previously run commands using the up and down keys.\n' + "It saves you from retyping 'tutorial' every time for instance." }, { title: 'Running Complex Instructions', text: 'You can also run more complex instructions, such as for loops:\n\n' + ' for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) { number = number + 1; }' }, { title: 'Printing Results', text: 'As you see, the result of the last command executed is printed automatically.\n' + 'To explicitly print a value at any other time, there is the print function:\n\n' + ' for (var i = 0; i < 5; ++i) { print("I am a JavaScript shell"); }' }, { title: 'Creating Collections', text: 'ArangoDB is primarily a document database. This means that we store data as\n' + "documents (which are similar to JavaScript objects) in so-called 'collections'.\n" + "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\n' + '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\n" + 'pre-defined system collections.' }, { title: 'Accessing a single collection', text: 'If you want to access a particular collection, you can either write:\n\n' + ' db.places;\n\n' + 'or the more elaborate alternative:\n\n' + " db._collection('places');\n\n" + 'Both return a collection object (if the specified collection exists).' }, { title: 'Creating Documents', text: "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 (var i = 0; i <= 10; i++) {\n' + ' db.places.save({ _key: "example" + i, zipcode: i })\n' + ' };' }, { title: 'Displaying All Documents', text: 'You want to take a look at your documents? 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\n" + '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\n" + "'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\n' + '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\n" + 'automatically.\n\n' + "The '_rev' attribute contains a document revision number, and it can be used\n" + "for conditional modifications. Here's an example of how to avoid lost updates\n" + '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.\n\n' + "The second update however is conditional because we're also passing the\n" + "document's revision id in the first parameter to _update. As the revision id\n" + "we're passing to update does not match the document's current revision anymore,\n" + '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\n' + "'byExample' method:\n\n" + ' db._create("users");\n' + ' for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {\n' + ' db.users.save({ name: "username" + i, active: (i % 3 == 0), age: 30 + i });\n' + ' }\n' + ' db.users.byExample({ active: false }).toArray();\n' + ' db.users.byExample({ name: "username3", active: true }).toArray();' }, { title: 'Running AQL Queries', text: 'ArangoDB also provides a query language (AQL) for more complex matching:\n\n' + ' db._query(`\n' + ' FOR u IN users\n' + ' FILTER u.active == true && u.age >= 33\n' + ' RETURN { username: u.name, age: u.age }\n' + ' `).toArray();\n\n' + 'Wrapping multi-line queries in backticks is the most convenient way in\n' + "today's JavaScript.\n\n" + 'See our online documentation for more details on AQL:\n' + 'https://docs.arangodb.com/' }, { title: 'Using Databases', text: 'By default, the ArangoShell connects to the default database.\n' + "The default database is named '_system'. To create another database, use the\n" + "'_createDatabase' method of the 'db' object. To switch to an existing database,\n" + "use '_useDatabase':\n\n" + ' db._createDatabase("mydb");\n' + ' db._useDatabase("mydb");' }, { title: 'Removing Databases', text: "To get rid of a database and all of its collections, use '_dropDatabase'.\n" + "It needs to be called from within the '_system' database:\n\n" + ' db._useDatabase("_system");\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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