MongoDB $weeklyUpdate #105 (February 24, 2023): MUG in Munich & Building a RESTful Application
Tags: kotlin, mongodb, webdev, programming
Published: 2023-02-24 18:51:44

It's Friday. You know what that means…

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## 💻 What’s Up on Developer Center?

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### Featured Post

### [Getting Started with Backend Development in Kotlin Using Spring Boot 3 & MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/languages/kotlin/spring-boot3-kotlin-mongodb/)

![Kotlin and MongoDB](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/0cg90a6e4i7rv8s0o8rb.png)

In this article, Mohit Sharma builds a basic RESTful application using Spring Boot 3 and MongoDB!

### Other Shout-Outs

#### ➡️ [Wordle Solving Using MongoDB Query API Operators](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/mongodb/wordle-solving-mongodb-query-api-operators/) by Erik Hatcher

#### ➡️ [Mastering the Advanced Features of the Data API with Atlas CLI](https://www.mongodb.com/developer/products/atlas/advanced-data-api-with-atlas-cli/) by [Arek Borucki](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/u/arkadiusz_borucki/summary)

## 🗓️ 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:

[ng-India (Angular India)](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/ng-india-angular-india/208015): February 24th 2023, 6:30pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Lebanon MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/lebanon-mug-toward-a-smooth-migration-from-rdbms-to-mongodb/211091): February 24th 2023, 9:00am – 10:30am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[New York MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/new-york-mug-mongodb-march-meetup-rdbms-to-nosql/212694): March 2nd 2023, 2:00pm – 5:00pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time 
[Málaga Mobile](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/malaga-mobile-from-mobile-to-mongodb-store-your-apps-data-using-realm/214213): March 2nd 2023, 9:00am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Delhi-NCR MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/delhi-ncr-mug-mongodb-delhi-ncr-meetup/214270): March 3rd 2023, 10:30pm – March 4th 2023, 1:30am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Thailand MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/thailand-mongodb-user-group-march-meetup/211990): March 3rd 2023, 10:00pm, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time
[Lebanon MUG](https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/lebanon-mug-toward-a-smooth-migration-from-rdbms-to-mongodb/211091): March 4th 2023, 9:00am – 10:30am, (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time

Our recent MUG in Munich was an absolute blast, and we had an amazing turnout! Thank you to everyone who attended. Shout-out to Arek Borucki — our MUG leader and one of our incredible Community Champions. Here's Arek with Bartlomiej Polot from the MongoDB team.

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/53j749l6nr4t59t9cu4l.png)

![Image description](https://dev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/articles/k69iczqpm95wy41ifhzs.png)

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