Understanding Full-Stack, MEAN Stack & MERN Stack Development

Agile development is gaining wide-spread popularity, and enterprises need to have the best of technological infrastructures to utilize its full potential and maximize ROI. By a technology stack, we refer to a combination of compatible technologies and programming languages. Let’s dig in bit deeper onto the different Technology Stacks viz. Full-Stack, MEAN Stack and MERN Stack.

Full-Stack Development

Full Stack Technology refers to a set of tools and programming languages that a full stack developer works on both the front-end and the back-end of an application or website. It means, Full Stack developers can work on Full Stack of an application meaning Front End Technology, Back End Development Languages, Version Controlling Systems, Server, APIs, and Database. Hence, the name “Full Stack” Developer.

Here, the developer has the ability to design the best UI/UX and multiple technologies at the backend. The developers begin development work from scratch and go up to delivering the entire functional site or app.

Key Competencies of Full-Stack are as listed below:

Frontend: CSS, Single page applications like HTML5 and Ajax, JavaScript, Angular, React, TypeScript, etc.

Backend: Python, PHP, NodeJS, ExpressJS, GO, Caching, Django, Middleware, etc.

Database: Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite, Clusters etc.

Mobile Apps: iOS and Android

DevOps: CI/CD pipelines, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) creation

Typically, full-stack web developer is responsible for managing the project design structure. Based on the project requirements, the developer may switch development roles. As a result, full stack development is the right choice for small and mid-sized enterprises working in a compartmentalized way.

MEAN Stack Development

As the Name suggests, MEAN Stack comprises MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, and Node.js.

MEAN Stack is an assembly of JavaScript-based technologies to develop complicated websites and web applications, both progressive and responsive. MEAN Stack comprises MongoDB, Express.js, Angular.js, and Node.js. Put merely, MEAN simplifies development and accelerates the process.

MEAN Stack is widely accepted across industries, and developers are in demand. The developers enjoy the benefits of several compatible time optimization tools for system administration. MEAN Stack developers also make sure web apps, websites, and APIs are deployed easily and solve complex development challenges. They are also in high demand since they work with a technology that allows them to produce high-performance digital solutions that are quick to build and execute.

MEAN Stack Components are:

MongoDB: Document-based NoSQL database used for data storage in the form of JSON files

Express.js: Back-end web app that runs on Node.js

Angular: Best front-end web framework that runs JS code in user’s browser

Node.js: It is a JS runtime environment to implement backend applications in JS

MERN Stack Development

As the Name suggests, MERN Stack comprises MongoDB, Express.js, React.js, and Node.js.

MERN is a popular JavaScript stack . MERN stack comprises of several open-source components, frameworks, databases, libraries that help to create premium Web Applications. It is fast becoming popular, and it is a powerful technology to use.

MERN Stack comprises of the following components:

MongoDB: It is an open-source, document-based database

Express.js: It is a fast and minimalist web framework used for Node.js

React: It is a frontend JavaScript library that is used to build user interfaces

Node.js: Built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, it is a JavaScript runtime and brings it to the server

There are many similarities between the MEAN stack and the MERN stack. However, the only difference is that while the MEAN stack uses Angular tools for building frontend web apps, the MERN stack uses React instead.

Many large enterprises like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, DropBox, and Netflix are using the mobile apps built with MERN Stack.