version for Idea 13 EAP and latest WebStorm 7, version for old Idea 11 and other IDE

• [fix] Fatal Error with WebStorm 7 RC 131.130 (I had to compile with Idea 13 plateform, but without any changes, strange isn't it?)
• NEW [add] document can be edited (update value, delete key, save and delete document only)
• NEW [add] collections can be cleared (right click on the collection in the mongo explorer)

Some bugs were reported when installing the SNAPSHOT version of the plugin. Mainly some ClassNotFoundDefException. This could happen whenever you have a previous version of the plugin already installed in the IDE. To fix it, the steps should be as follow:

• Locate the IDE working directory. For WebStorm, it is .WebStorm and for Intellij, it is .IntelliJIdea
• In it, remove the snapshot and the stable versions from <working_dir>/config/plugins
• Download again the right version for your target IDE
• Deflate the archive in the same folder
• You should have one instance of the plugin: <working_dir>/config/plugins/mongo4idea-0.5.0-SNAPSHOT

Restart your IDE and it should be ok :).

Why could the document be edited directly in the tree result?

After making some tries, many issues were found:

• Sometimes, projection can be used in the query. Edition requires having the object id to send the updated value to the mongo server and have all Mongo object content.
• When the user updates a value, it was sent directely to the server. It is not convenient and does not handle misstyping. The user would like to update a set of key value.

So, I decided to make a specific GUI for it:

• Easier to make and test
• Component non coupled with the result tree.
• The user has the full control on the update/save operations

see CHANGELOG.txt

This plugin integrates MongoDB Servers with database/collections tree, Query Runner and Shell console.

This plugin was built with JDK 1.6 and ideaIU-11.1.5 version.

Download this plugin from your IDE (Mongo Plugin)

When you open the Mongo explorer, you will see an panel:

• To manager your Mongo servers, click on the Mongo Settings button located on the upper toolbar of the Mongo explorer Right Panel

• You can edit your mongo shell path with a test button
• To add a server, click on the [+] button and a dialog will appear
• Set a label for your server, this will be more convenient to distinguish each of them in the Mongo explorer
• Set the server info as the example in the above screenshot
• If your access is restricted to a specific database, just type it in the corresponding field
• Put your credentials if your server requires authentication
• You can let the plugin connect to the server on the IDE startup by clicking on the corresponding checkbox
• If you want to hide some collections, you can put them in the Collections to ignore field.
• You can click on the Test Connection button to check your server configuration

The tree displays for each server all databases with its collections. Just double-click on a collection and the results will be displayed in the Mongo Runner panel. If you double-click on another collection, a new tab will appears side of the previous. If you clear a collection by right clicking on it and select Drop collection

The panel is divided into 2 parts.

• Right part displays the results of the query in a tree (max. 300 records).

You can copy the result and paste in a text editor.

• Left part allows to specify a query (in json format).

When you type CTRL+SPACE key shortcut a popup is displayed in which you can select query operator.

Either you click on the run query button or else type CTRL+ENTER shortcut to run the query

If your server version is at least 2.2, you can use the aggregation framework. You can add a pipeline operation by clicking on the [+] button. You can also copy/paste the query you wrote.

NEW By default, Aggregation query is enable. you can switch to find query by clicking on the tooggle button:

If you have an error during query execution, a feedback panel is displayed below:

• In case of bad JSON syntax

• In case of general error

Note: If you use Ultimate Edition, JSON syntax highlighting is enabled.

Any document can be edited by double-clicking the object id. A panel will be opened on the right.

You can edit the value either by double-clicking or by typing F2 key. You can delete a key by right-clicking on it and select Delete Key

• Click on the save button to send the modification to the mongo server
• Click on the delete button to delete it

If you set the mongo client path (e.g. /usr/bin/mongo), you can run the console by clicking the menu item Tools -> Mongo Shell.

I would like to thank:

• MongoDB team
• Mongo Java Driver team
• Jetbrains Team for the great sources of IntelliJ Community Edition which help me to improve this plugin
• Mark James author of the famfamfam web site who provides beautiful icons.
• Jean Baptiste Potonnier for the suggestion to create this plugin
• Neko team, my first beta testers ;)
• All users of this plugin who sent me valuable suggestions.
• My wife and my daughter who support me to have fun in software development and also remind me my husband/father duty ;).