The term MEAN stack refers to a collection of JavaScript based technologies used to develop web applications.
MEAN is an acronym for:
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.
Express is lightweight framework used to build web applications in Node. It provides a number of robust features for building single and multi page web application.
AngularJS is a JavaScript framework developed by Google. It provides some awesome features like the two-way data binding. It’s a complete solution for rapid and awesome front end development.
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.
MEAN |
LAMP |
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Technology |
Mongo, Express, Angular & Node |
Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP |
Database |
MongoDB is built for the cloud. It offers a document structure that is far more flexible, fast and easy. |
MySQL (RDBMS): Conventional database system |
Server side Language |
Node.js lets you to write server side applications by using Javascript thereby releasing Javascript from the shackles of the web browser. |
PHP the traditional language, It’s flexible, easy to develop applications with, easy to deploy, customizable, secure, and comes with a huge support community. LAMP’s open source nature is also one of its greatest benefits. |
Client side Language |
AngularJS is an open source client-side Javascript framework that is developed and maintained by a few smart people at Google. |
It’s not exactly fair to compare the “A” in “MEAN” with anything in the LAMP stack because LAMP doesn’t include an analog. If you want to do anything on the client side, you’re on your own. Sure, there are plenty of good PHP-based frameworks that work with MySQL, but each is a bit different and moving in its own direction. WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal, for example, offer differing strategies, and it’s hard to switch between them, let alone port code from one to the other. Anointing one client framework adds consistency and stability. |
Converting to the MEAN stack gives your development team a number of benefits, the three most significant being a single language from top to bottom, flexibility in deployment platform, and enhanced speed in data retrieval. MEAN Stack is surely an innovative, new and cutting-edge technology package that will perhaps conquer the market shortly.
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