Yea to a database newb MongoDB and even Redis look simpler to use than MySQL. I was judging from the basic setup, syntax, boilerplate, tutorials, etc. Mongo's s

Yea to a database newb MongoDB and even Redis look simpler to use than MySQL. I was judging from the basic setup, syntax, boilerplate, tutorials, etc. Mongo's syntax requires the smallest learning curve, it's the dot notation you're used to. But that's was a total n00b's perspective and I imagine people that don't dive too deep in MySQL feel similarly. Generally programmers are superficial and look for the easiest syntax. For prototyping purposes I'd like to see a comparison of building a twitter clone in MySQL, MongoDB and there's already one in Redis http://redis.io/topics/twitter-clone http://redis.io/topics/twitter-clone MySQL will require the most boilerplate here, setting up schemas etc.