MEAN is an acronym representing a suite of opensource tech: MongoDB, Express, AngularJS, and Node.js. In this presentation, Leila Adams, software developer at Aspenware, explores the MEAN stack from a .NET context for the Boulder Colorado .NET user group. Participants learned how to play nice with Node.js without leaving the comfort of their Microsoft environment, how to get started creating a MEAN project and current web trends influencing the upcoming version of .NET.

1. Denver
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Playing Nice with the
MEAN Stack
By Leila Adams
@thatgirlcancode

2. agenda
• What is MEAN
• Why use it
• Tools
• Demo
• vNext
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3. what is MEAN?
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Microsoft MEAN
C# JavaScript
Views & Razor Vash
ASP.NET MVC & Web API Express
IIS Node.exe
SQL Server MongoDB / Edge.js + SQL Server
SQL JavaScript
Entity Framework Mongoose
Nuget Package Manager Node Package Manager / Bower
MSBuild Grunt
MSTest / NUnit Mocha / Jasmine
SignalR Socket I/O
associations

5. why use MEAN?
• High concurrency
• Real-time solution
• Minimal configuration; rapid prototyping
• No build/compile time
• Fetching lots of data
• Not doing a lot of CPU intensive stuff
• General purpose
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6. tools
• Node.exe
• Node.js Tools for Visual Studio
• TypeScript
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7. demo
• Node.js Tools
• NPM
• Express
• Vash
• Private module
• Real project
• MongoDB
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Angular Controller
homeController.js
Angular Service
vendorService.js
View
Index.vash
Node Api Controller
vendorsApiController.js
MongoDB
database.js & vendors.js
Node Business
vendorBusiness.js

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Current .NET MEAN vNext
C# JavaScript C#
Views & Razor Vash Views & Razor
ASP.NET MVC & Web API Express ASP.NET MVC 6
IIS Node.exe IIS
Entity Framework Mongoose Entity Framework
Nuget Pkg Manager Node Pkg Manager / Bower Nuget Pkg Manager / KPM
Packages.config Package.json Project.json
MSBuild Grunt Roslyn
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10. resources
• http://www.asp.net/vnext/overview/aspnet-vnext
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/dotnet/archive/2014/05/12/the-next-generation-of-net-asp-net-vnext.aspx
• http://pluralsight.com
• Node.js for .NET Developer by Shawn Wildermuth
• Introduction to MongoDB by Nuri Halperin
• Building AngularJS & Node.js Apps with the MEAN Stack by Joe Eames
• 092 JavaScript Jabber: The MEAN Stack with Ward Bell & Valeri Karpov
• Express Web Application Development by Hage Yaapa
• NoSQL Distilled: A Brief Guide to the Emerging World of Polyglot Persistence by Sadalage & Fowler
• Channel 9: ASP.NET vNext 101 with Damian Edwards and David Fowler
• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/06/17/dependency-injection-in-asp-net-vnext.aspx
• http://www.joyent.com/blog/joyent-partners-with-ms-to-port-node-js-to-windows
• http://www.hanselman.com/blog/InstallingAndRunningNodejsApplicationsWithinIISOnWindowsAreYouMad.aspx
Special thanks to @elylucas and @mike_filbin
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