MongoDB $weeklyUpdate #112 (April 14, 2023): Atlas, Azure Functions, & Meeting in Seville
Tags: mongodb, java, azure, azurefunctions
Published: 2023-04-14 15:19:52

It's Friday! You know what that means...

## 🎉 Welcome to the MongoDB $weeklyUpdate! 🎉

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.

## 💻 What’s Up on Developer Center?

Everything you see on [Developer Center](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/) is by developers, for developers. This is where we publish articles, tutorials, quickstarts, and beyond. 🚀

### Featured Post

#### [How to Use Azure Functions with MongoDB Atlas in Java](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/azure-functions-mongodb-atlas-java/) by Mohit Sharma

![Azure Functions](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/ua1jijscmp0gheu3x56u.png)

In this article, you'll learn how to use [MongoDB Atlas](https://www.mongodb.com/atlas/database), a cloud database, when you're getting started with Azure functions in Java.

#### Other Shout-Outs
➡️ [Announcing the Realm C++ SDK Alpha](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/realm/announcing-realm-cplusplus-sdk-alpha/) by [Ian Ward](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/author/ian-ward/), [Jason Flax](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/author/jason-flax/), [Lee Maguire](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/author/lee-maguire/), and [Otso Virtanen](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/author/otso-virtanen/)

## 🗓️ 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:

[Node Congress Berlin](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/events/nodecongress23/): April 14, 2023 - Apr 17, 2023
[Montreal Inaugural Meetup](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/montreal-inaugural-meetup/218883): April 18th 2023, 3:00pm, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
[WebExpo](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/events/webexpo-2023/): Apr 19, 2023 - Apr 20, 2023
[London MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/mongodb-london-mug-is-happening-on-april-20th-in-collaboration-with-beamery/218419): April 20th 2023, 10:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
[Kolkata MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/kolkata-mug-mongodb-inaugural-kickoff-meetup/220357): April 22nd 2023, 2:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time
[International Javascript Conference London](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/events/ijs-london-23/): Apr 25, 2023 - Apr 27, 2023
[Chennai MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/chennai-mug-mongodb-inaugural-kickoff-meetup/221108): April 28th 2023, 9:00pm – April 29th 2023, 1:00am, (GMT-07:00) Pacific Time

Thank you to everyone who came to the inaugural MUG Seville meetup, hosted by the amazing @dfreniche! It was great to see all of you.

![Seville MUG](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/hqb9peqjr4j0sq4mc7kq.png)

Have you heard of the **wildcard operator** in MongoDB? It enables queries that use special characters to match any character. For more, check out this [community post](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/what-is-wildcard-in-mongodb/221319) to learn how to use **wildcard indexing** in MongoDB and speed up your queries!

Also, learn more about cursors and their behavior in MongoDB from this [informative community post](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/what-dose-it-mean-by-exhausts-the-cursor/221497).

## 🎙️ Stop, Collaborate, and Listen

If reading’s not your jam, you might love catching up on our [podcast episodes](https://podcasts.mongodb.com/public/115/The-MongoDB-Podcast-b02cf624) with @mlynn and Shane McAllister. 

{% spotify spotify:episode:6zzXtTdjXosv4GDrc8OdAe%}

And here's the previous episode, in case you missed it:

{% spotify spotify:episode:0BzMadAiWDJOTN92jgABSf%}

Not listening on Spotify? We got you! We're also on [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mongodb-podcast/id1500452446), [PlayerFM](https://player.fm/series/the-mongodb-podcast), [Podtail](https://podtail.com/en/podcast/the-mongodb-podcast/), and [Listen Notes](https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/the-mongodb-podcast-mongodb-0g6fUKMDN_y/). (We’d be forever grateful if you left us a review.)

Have you visited our YouTube channel lately? There's a new video from @nraboy on how to bring data together from different data sources for a near-real-time view into customer data using the MongoDB Federated Database feature.

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