Is there a convention to name collection in MongoDB?

Question

I would like to know if there is a convention for database collections such as:

PageVisit or page_visit.

Are there any advantages/d

Answer 1

Just avoid using hyphens in your collection names.

And that's only because, if you use the cli of the two below calls, the first is invalid JavaScript:

db.foo-bar.find();
db['foo-bar'].find();

They are both functionally identical, but the second is slightly more annoying to type and doesn't tab-complete.

Apart from that, advantages/disadvantages depend on your use of the collections. Being consistent is more important than which convention you choose.