The MEAN JS stack

What is MEAN JS?
MEAN stack is a framework based on full Javascript stack: Mongo DB, Express JS, AngularJS, Node JS with JSON (Javascript Object Notation) as the data transport format.

• Mongo DB: A leading NOSql database
• Express JS: Web application framework based on Node JS suitable for web and mobile.
• Angular JS: HTML 5 MVVM (Model View ViewModel) based responsive framework
• Node JS: A JS platform based on Chrome's Javascript engine

In addition, you could use:

• Mongoose (Object Document Model) for a quick schema based solution for application's data.
• npm and bower as the package managers
• grunt task runner or gulp build system
• karma and mocha/jasmine for unit tests
• Bootstrap or Angular Bootstrap for styling
• Jade templates with stylus for css

Why do I use MEAN JS?
Here are some of the reasons why you would use MEAN JS:

• Rapid development with boiler plate code
• Simple and maintainable code with existing JS based project skeleton
• When you are looking for an isomorphic Javascript based full stack
• Saves a lot of data transformation across layers since all components speak JSON
• With package managers developing, reusing and sharing code becomes super easy and fast

What are the alternatives to MEAN JS?
MeteorJS is a cool and terse and MEAN IO are few alternative.

Useful links for comparison?
stackoverflow - mean.js vs mean.io
meteorjs vs mean

Happy coding with JS ...