// Type 1: In-memory only datastore (no need to load the database)
var Datastore = require('nedb') , db = new Datastore(); // Type 2: Persistent datastore with manual loadingvar Datastore = require('nedb') , db = new Datastore({ filename: 'path/to/datafile' }); db.loadDatabase(function (err) { // Callback is optional// Now commands will be executed }); // Type 3: Persistent datastore with automatic loadingvar Datastore = require('nedb') , db = new Datastore({ filename: 'path/to/datafile', autoload: true }); // You can issue commands right away// Type 4: Persistent datastore for a Node Webkit app called 'nwtest'// For example on Linux, the datafile will be ~/.config/nwtest/nedb-data/something.dbvar Datastore = require('nedb') , path = require('path') , db = new Datastore({ filename: path.join(require('nw.gui').App.dataPath, 'something.db') }); // Of course you can create multiple datastores if you need several// collections. In this case it's usually a good idea to use autoload for all collections. db = {}; db.users = new Datastore('path/to/users.db'); db.robots = new Datastore('path/to/robots.db'); // You need to load each database (here we do it asynchronously)db.users.loadDatabase(); db.robots.loadDatabase();