Welcome to the mean stack
The mean stack is intended to provide a simple and fun starting point for cloud native fullstack javascript applications.
MEAN is a set of Open Source components that together, provide an end-to-end framework for building dynamic web applications; starting from the top (code running in the browser) to the bottom (database). The stack is made up of:
- MongoDB : Document database – used by your back-end application to store its data as JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) documents
- Express (sometimes referred to as Express.js): Back-end web application framework running on top of Node.js
- Angular (formerly Angular.js): Front-end web app framework; runs your JavaScript code in the user's browser, allowing your application UI to be dynamic
- Node.js : JavaScript runtime environment – lets you implement your application back-end in JavaScript
Pre-requisites
- git - Installation guide .
- node.js - Download page .
- npm - comes with node or download yarn - Download page .
- mongodb - Download page .
Installation
git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean
cd mean
cp .env.example .env
yarn
yarn start (for development)
Docker based
git clone https://github.com/linnovate/mean
cd mean
cp .env.example .env
docker-compose up -d
Credits
- The MEAN name was coined by Valeri Karpov.
- Initial concept and development was done by Amos Haviv and sponsered by Linnovate.
- Inspired by the great work of Madhusudhan Srinivasa.