title: What is the best way to use mongoDB with node.js?
body: <p>I need to run MongoDB with node.js both locally, and on cloud services such as  Nodester and MongoHQ. I would like to have minimal dependencies, for instance I don't really want to use Express or Mongoose right now.  Basically, I'd like to run it as "directly" as possible</p>
  
  <p>I have installed Mongo locally using Macports, and then using Mongojs module to talk to it from my node.js app.  That works okay, running locally. But I see that Mongojs is supposedly wrapping the mongo-native module. Does that make it redundant with the Macports installation of Mongo, or is mongo-native just a client? And will Mongojs work to talk to a database hosted on MongoHQ, from an app hosted on Nodester?  Finally, is Mongojs a good choice, or is there a better one?</p>
  
  <p>I guess there are just so many interconnected things that I am getting confused and would like an explanation of how they all fit together and what standard practices are.  For what it's worth , this is for a personal project, but I'd like to make it public, so I need for it to work with cheap or free hosting services.</p>