What is MERN stack

👋 Introduction

MERN is a powerful, popular and widely used tech stack.

MERN is an acronym for MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.

Using these languages together lets you build web and mobile applications.

Entirely using one language, JavaScript.

The MERN stack is an end-to-end tech stack.

It covers Frontend, Backend, and Database.

The languages used in MERN are open-source.

What is MERN?

The MERN stack has four main developing languages:

M: MongoDB

E: Express.js

R: React.js

N: Node.js 

You can create full-stack applications with MERN using only JavaScript and JSON. 

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How the MERN stack works

The stack is separated into three main components. Frontend, Backend, and database. 

Frontend: React.js

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

React is used to build single-page applications.

React allows us to create reusable UI components.

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Backend (1/2): Express.js

Express is a web application framework for Node.js.

It makes writing backend code easier.

Primarily used to build Web Applications and APIs.

It is free and open-source.

Backend (2/2):  Node.js

Node.js is an open-source server environment.

Node.js allows you to run JavaScript on the server.

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Database: MongoDB

MongoDB is a widely used document-oriented database program.

It uses NoSQL.

MongoDB is open-source.

It is well suited for cloud computing.

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MERN stack benefits

• Reducing the time to develop and deploy web applications.
• Reduced server costs.
• Better performance.
• Open source
• Everything is written in JavaScript. Which makes it fast and easy to switch between client and server.

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