Val Karpov shares a cool project he created at a company Hackathon last month to re-create the MongoDB shell using a pure Node.js environment. By piecing together various modules, he demonstrates how easy it is to create a really nice REPL based scripting environment.
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/vkarpov15/nimrod-mongodb-shell-in-nodejs-jsconfuy-2015
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