Using MongoDB's C Sharp driver inside a Windows 8.1 Store App

[m.bauer...@sto.com]

After experiencing the convenience of the MongoDB driver inside a standard Win32 application, I'm now experimenting with Windows 8.1 Store Apps.
Unfortunately, the MongoDB driver assembly doesn't appear to be available for this application model.

Is there a straightforward way to implement MongoDB integration?
I was thinking WCF. But that seems rather complex (I'm still somewhat new to C Sharp/the .Net family).

Is someone else struggling with this and could offer some valuable advice?

[Craig Wilson]

No, unfortunately, we do not support windows store apps currently. (And we likely won't decide to support windows 8.1 store apps at all due to Windows 10 being released). If you'd like to file a feature request, feel free to in the CSHARP project at jira.mongodb.org.

[m.bauer...@sto.com]

I'm well aware it isn't supported.
Hence I was asking for an alternative approach to using the standard driver.

[Craig Wilson]

The only alternative approach is to use a custom server side API. Hence, your thick-client talks to the custom server side API which talks to MongoDB. This is almost always going to be a better solution as it allows you to fix bugs, have better security, etc... without needing to touch the thick-client. You can build this server side API using any language or framework. If you use .NET, you'll likely host it with IIS and expose it via WCF or a simple json service. You can even build a RESTful API if you'd like.