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Adding the MongoDB C++ drivers

Adding the MongoDB C++ drivers - C++ Tutorial

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Adding the MongoDB C++ drivers

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- In order to access our database on mLab, we need to add the MongoDB C++ driver library to our code. Unfortunately, we can't simply download it. We need to build it. And before we can build the C++ library, we need to first build the C library it requires. Let's get a new Docker image that will build and install the libraries. So let's return to Atom. In Atom, we're gonna right click on "hello crow". We're gonna say new, folder, we're gonna name this folder "bbox". Then, the Docker file we need is a bit complicated. So to reduce errors I've provided a copy of it in the exercise files for Chapter 4 in section 04_03. So let's go back to our "Exercise Files", 04, 03. Here's our Docker file. We're gonna do a Command + C to copy it. Then we're gonna come back to Atom, we are gonna right click on "bbox". We're gonna click on "Show in Finder", with "bbox" selected. We're gonna do a Command + V to paste the Docker file. And we can just close that guy up. Come back here, reveal it, and click…

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