Spring Data MongoDB is a part of the umbrella Spring Data project that provides for easy integration between Spring applications and the popular MongoDB document database. In "Spring Data Mongo: Getting Started", you will learn about the specific features and capabilities Spring provides for interacting with MongoDB. First, you will discover querying MongoDB from Spring using MongoRepository, MongoTemplate, the Criteria object, and custom cascading. Next, you will explore the topics of managing indexes and collections. Finally, you will touch on the principles of overriding mappings with converters and implementing session and transaction management. When you are finished with this course, you will have mastered Spring Data MongoDB, which will help you as you integrate MongoDB with your Spring applications. Software required: Git, Java JDK, Apache Maven, Java IDE, and MongoDB.