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fix(learn): mongoose set up instructions (#40909)

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# --instructions--
Add `mongodb` and `mongoose` to the project’s `package.json`. Then, require mongoose as `mongoose` in `myApp.js`. Store your MongoDB Atlas database URI in a private `.env` file as `MONGO_URI`. Surround the the URI with single or double quotes, and make sure no space exists between both the variable and the `=`, and the value and `=`. Connect to the database using the following syntax:
Add `mongodb` and `mongoose` to the project’s `package.json`. Then, require mongoose as `mongoose` in `myApp.js`. Create a `.env` file and add a `MONGO_URI` variable to it. Its value should be your MongoDB Atlas database URI. Be sure to surround the URI with single or double quotes, and remember that you can't use spaces around the `=` in environment variables. For example, `MONGO_URI='VALUE'`. When you are done, connect to the database using the following syntax:
```js
mongoose.connect(<Your URI>, { useNewUrlParser: true, useUnifiedTopology: true });