MongoDB + Blitz.js - Working setup in 10mins

To setup MongoDB with Blitz.js and Prisma is not so clear and straighforward as one would hope. We did some digging and managed to get it working. This is how! Step 1 - Setup scheme.prisma file correctly Link - https://www.prisma.io/docs/getting-started/setup-prisma/add-to-existing-project/mongodb/introspection-typescript-mongodb/ Step 2 - Run MongoDB correctly Link - https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/convert-standalone-to-replica-set/ Step 3 - Create collections for all models Link - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52585715/cannot-create-namespace-in-multi-document-transactionmongodb-4-0-spring-data-2 0:00 Video Intro 0:24 Channel Intro 0:28 Tutorial approach 0:55 Blitz project view in VSCode 1:12 Config schema.prisma with previewFeatures for MongoDB 1:48 schema.prisma fake fix 2:18 Database URL Environment Variable 2:49 Failed attempt to connect to mongo localhost 3:05 Run Mongod normally 3:30 Successful attempt to connect to mongo localhost 3:48 Run blitz prisma generate 4:15 Test 4:28 Error 1 5:27 Fix 1 - Run Mongod correctly 6:22 Initialize Replica Set in Mongo Shell 6:40 Error 2 7:05 Fix 2 - Create namespaces/mongo collections 7:32 Error 3 8:05 Fix 3 - Update schema.prisma again 9:04 It works! 9:27 Step 1 Summary 9:40 Step 2 Summary 10:00 Step 3 Summary