Another good resource are the following slides from Brendan W. McAdams: If using the Java driver feels too verbose, then I have some Groovy sugar for it. MongoDB driver API with Groovy sugarSame James Williams has ☞ a post on the how things can get a bit better when using Groovy and MongoDB. GuiceyData: ProtocolBuffers-like mappingIn ☞ this post, Matt Insler talks about the complexity of using sch