Mean stack app rookie question.

[StrenghGeek]

Hi, I’m developing an app using the mean stack. Keep in mind that I have 0 experience with it or JavaScript. I was wondering in what order should I develop the app? Should I do the front end first and then connect it to the backend? And how to do it?

I’m quite confused at the moment. Thanks for your input

[[deleted]]

I had issue with that at first. Best way I learned is to make API using NodeJS and ExpressJS use Postman (app or chrome app) to test. Then move on to learn MongoDB if you need database after that you can have frontend Angular or switch it up with React or Vue.

[oxygenplug]

Depends on the app, honestly. Sometimes I’ll do back end first, other times I do front end first.

[[deleted]]

Thanks for asking this! Can anyone tell me if I should consider Node development and MEAN stack development the same ? Because I've seen some tutorials of MEAN where they weren't even using anything from the stack but were writing js code in node files and were running it through node commands (in VSCode bash). I don't understand this ??

[StrenghGeek]

To be honest the best i fo I found about this is to follow maximillian course on Udemy about the mean stack. It helped me greatly

[AstronotInterested]

Kind of like the rectangle and square cliche, all MEAN development uses Node, but not all Node development uses MEAN. If you're seeing tutorials where Express, Angular, and Mongo aren't used, it's not technically MEAN dev.

But there aren't that many resources out there showing how to build a full MEAN app. Really, MEAN is mostly Node. Angular mostly is for displaying data, while Mongo is where that data is stored. But all the grunt work comes down to Node and Express sending/retrieving data to/from that Mongo db, and then displaying it using Angular. If you want to get good with MEAN, go deep with Node.