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July 25, 2022

What is MERN stack

đź‘‹ 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.

MERN uses a 3 tier architecture which covers the layers of client (Frontend), server (Backend) and database.

What is MERN?

The MERN stack has four main developing languages:

M: MongoDB

E: Express.js

R: React.js

N: Node.js 

React is used for Frontend.

Express and Node are used for the Backend.

MongoDB is used as the database program.

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. 

How MERN works

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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Comments

Quit Asking - September 24, 2022

You have a stack. Of what? Your front end of what? Backend of what? Your hard drive? What the fuck are you doing with the equipment except locking away all of the worlds useful knowledge while replacing it with a million times the bullshit nonsensical gibberish ?

You can decide to decide and understand but when you recode it into another useless language you piss a lot of people off and I know from experiencing a lot of people being pissed at me that that’s not something you want to go and do because you’ll just end up watching heaven through a port hole window while you hunger and thirst for the ability to create value from nothing as well. It’s not where you’re at it’s who you’re with.

I could be in hell and if the people their were nice to be around they’d probably keep me in good spirits but the being in heaven means you can’t make one mistake, like a nazi, otherwise into the oven you go. Now who the fmhell is writing this horseshit because the curriculum makes no sense.

Waste of my fucking time. Assholes

Ajay Kumar - August 7, 2022

easy understanding and very effective
loved it!!

saeid khoday - July 27, 2022

سلام

Joshua Chapman - July 26, 2022

Never thought I would ever read a blog and find value from it.
That changed with the w3 schools blog! Nice work.

Asad Ullah - July 26, 2022

That’s awesome explanation
thanks

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