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Welcome to The Index!
Each week, we bring you the latest and greatest from our Developer Relations team — from blog posts and YouTube videos to meet-ups and conferences — so you don’t miss a thing.
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Everything you see on Developer Center is by developers, for developers. This is where we publish articles, tutorials, and beyond. 
Featured Post
Using Atlas Search from Java by @Erik_Hatcher
This article delves into using the Atlas Search support built into the MongoDB Java driver, where we’ll see how to use the driver, how to handle $search features that don’t yet have native driver convenience methods or have been released after the driver was released, and a glimpse into Atlas Search relevancy scoring.
Other Shoutouts
How to Do Semantic Search in MongoDB Using Atlas Vector Search by @Benjamin_Flast
How to Do Full-Text Search in a Mobile App with MongoDB Realm by @papafe
Mark Your Calendars
Every month, all across the globe, we organize, attend, speak at, and sponsor events, meetups, and shindigs to bring the DevRel community together. Here’s what we’ve got cooking:
vMUG EMEA: July 25th 2023, 2:00am – 4:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
We Are Developers: Jul 27, 2023 - Jul 28, 2023
MongoDB x Localstack Chennai Meetup: August 4th 2023, 8:30pm – August 5th 2023, 2:30am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Dallas Meetup - 1 Year Anniversary: August 9th 2023, 3:30pm – 6:30pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
Recently, we held a MUG in Melbourne, organized by @Philipp_Waffler, where Daniel Corboy spoke about automating Atlas for enterprise. Additionally, Philipp spoke about data modeling in MongoDB.
@Ivan_Garcia_Yebra organized his first MUG in Seville, where speaker Antonio Llamas gave an introduction to the MERN stack.
Leader @Alejandro_Mancilla took the wheel for an event in Mexico in collaboration with AWS.
And finally, we had our first virtual MUG in India. Many thanks to our leaders, Harshit and Satyam, and our speakers, Shrey, Sumanta, Viraj, Sandhya, Himanshu, and Aasawari.
MongoDB is heading out on a world tour to bring the best, most relevant content directly to you! Join us to connect with MongoDB experts, meet fellow users building the next big thing, and be among the first to hear the latest announcements. Register now.
Use code DEVELOPERFAM50 to secure 50% off your ticket!
Stop, Collaborate, and Listen
If reading’s not your jam, you might love catching up on our podcast episodes with @Michael_Lynn and @Shane_McAllister.
Not listening on Spotify? We got you! We’re also on Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, Podtail, and Listen Notes. (We’d be forever grateful if you left us a review.)
Have you visited our YouTube channel lately? We have a new video from Anaiya Raisinghani.
@Stanimira_Vlaeva and @Luce_Carter went live to build a real-time web app with MongoDB Atlas App Services.
Additionally on YouTube, you can watch… The Index, with yours truly!
And don’t forget to see what live streams we’ve got coming up. You can click “Notify me” and YouTube will ping you when we’re about to go live.
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