Let's face it, writing MongoDB validation, casting and business logic boilerplate is a drag. That's why we wrote Mongoose. const mongoose = require('mongoose'); mongoose.connect('mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/test'); const Cat = mongoose.model('Cat', { name: String }); const kitty = new Cat({ name: 'Zildjian' }); kitty.save().then(() => console.log('meow'));Mongoose provides a straight-forward, schema