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Get Mean! Node.js and the
MEAN stack

2.
NICHOLAS
MCCLAY

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The original Article
http://blog.mongodb.org/post/49262866911/the-mean-s

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What is the
MEAN Stack?
100%100%
JavaScript
JavaScript
100%100%
JavaScript
JavaScript
NoSQL!!!
NoSQL!!!
NoSQL!!!
NoSQL!!!
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Client
Server
Database
Example
Application

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Why Go MEAN?
JavaScript all the way down
Consistent models across stack
Consistent best practices across stack
Leverage JavaScript’s popularity

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(APPLICATION PLATFORM)

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Server-side javascript platform built onV8
engine
What javascript has done for the web
browser, Node.js is doing for the backend
server
Learn more at: http://nodejs.org/
What it does

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Running Node

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NodeJS module package manager
There is a module for everything,
probably more than one.
Key commands - install, remove, update,
search, -g flag for global
https://npmjs.org/

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High performance server-side JavaScript
Module loading
Asynchronous IO
Application platform foundation
Node.js And
MEAN Stack

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(WEB SERVER)

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A simple and robust web application
framework for Node.js
Gives you everything you would expect to
build a modern web server
Middleware, routing, templating, static-files,
cookies, mime-types and much much more
Learn more at: http://expressjs.com/
What it does

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Running Express

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(MANY OTHER NODE FRAMEWORKS)
PIMP YOUR STACK

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(THE DATABASE)

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A simple and scalable document based
NoSQL DB
JSON based model persistence
Flexible Schemas, Query Selectors,
Sharding and much much more
Learn more at: http://www.mongodb.org/
What it does

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DOCUMENT DATA

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Its not SQL!

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Mongoose
http://mongoosejs.com/

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(MANY OTHER JSON DB OPTIONS)
PIMP YOUR STACK

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(CLIENT APPLICATION)

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An extensible client-side application
framework
A swiss army knife of JavaScript MVW
goodness
Data-binding, syncing, templating,
components and much, much more
Learn more at: http://angularjs.org/
What it does

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Angular
Views

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Angular Models &
Controllers

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(OR A MILLION OTHERS)
PIMP YOUR STACK

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LET’S GET
STARTED!

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A great Boilerplate
http://www.mean.io/

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YEOMAN
Generators
https://github.com/chrisenytc/gener
https://github.com/wlepinski/gene
rator-meanstack

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Thanks! @NickMcCla
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