MEAN (software bundle)

For other uses, see Mean (disambiguation).
Common logo used to represent MEAN stacks.

MEAN is a free and open-source JavaScript software stack for building dynamic web sites and web applications.[1]

The MEAN stack is MongoDB, Express.js, Angular, and Node.js. Because all components of the MEAN stack support programs are written in JavaScript, MEAN applications can be written in one language for both server-side and client-side execution environments.

Components

The components of the MEAN stack are as follows:[2]

Naming

MEAN was coined by Valeri Karpov, a MongoDB developer. He introduced the term in a blog post.[2]

An initial logo concept was created by Austin Anderson for the original MEAN stack LinkedIn group and is an assembly of the first letter of each component of the MEAN acronym.[3]

Implementations

Variants

A number of variations on the traditional MEAN stack are available by replacing one or more of the components with similar (typically Javascript-based) frameworks. For example, in a MEEN stack, the JavaScript MVC framework Ember.js is used instead of Angular.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Mean.io: The Friendly & Fun Javascript Fullstack for your next web application".
  2. 1 2 "The MEAN Stack: MongoDB, ExpressJS, Angular and Node.js". Tumblr. Apr 30, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mean Stack". LinkedIn.
  4. ↑ Haviv, Amos (Feb 15, 2014). "Forking out of an open-source conflict". Tumblr. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
  5. ↑ http://meanjs.org/
  6. ↑ https://github.com/meanjs/mean
  7. ↑ https://github.com/YunnuY/meen

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