An Introduction To The MEAN Stack

The term MEAN stack refers to a collection of JavaScript-based technologies used to develop web applications. MEAN is an acronym for MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS and Node.js. From client to server to database, MEAN is full-stack JavaScript. This article explores the basics of the MEAN stack and shows how to create a simple bucket list application.

Introduction

Node.js is a server-side JavaScript execution environment. It’s a platform built on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript runtime. It helps in building highly scalable and concurrent applications rapidly.

Express is a lightweight framework used to build web applications in Node. It provides several robust features for building single and multi-page web applications. Express is inspired by the popular Ruby framework, Sinatra.

MongoDB is a schemaless NoSQL database system. MongoDB saves data in binary JSON format which makes it easier to pass data between client and server.

AngularJS is a JavaScript framework developed by Google. It provides some awesome features like two-way data binding. It’s a complete solution for rapid and awesome front-end development.