Introducing the MEAN stack
Before we proceed, we need to know more about the MEAN concept.
MEAN stands for:
- MongoDB, the database
- Express, the server-side web framework
- AngularJS, the frontend framework
- Node.js, the server
Node.js has the ability to run JavaScript on the server and use the power of the Express framework to build an HTTP proxy and routes.
MongoDB is an open source database document oriented for high performance and scalability and is also known as NoSQL database.
Tip
All you need to know about Express can be found at http://expressjs.com/.
To know more about MongoDB, check out http://www.mongodb.org/.
The Node.js community is growing each day and the stack will fast become more and more stable, and with the number of Node and Express boilerplates ...
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