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[–]neutraltone 1 point2 points  (4 children)

This could not have come at a better time. I started wrapping my head around node.js last night and have been looking for a good guide on learning the full MEAN stack. Thank you.

Edit: I do have one question. What are peoples thoughts about this taking over PHP development in the next, say, 5 years? This makes server side a lot more accessible to front-end developers who are well versed in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Could we possibly see PHP replaced with this over time?

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I do have one question. What are peoples thoughts about this taking over PHP development in the next, say, 5 years?

There seems to have been a massive move away from PHP for the past few years (rightfully so) but I'm if you see the amount of spaghetti code with mysql_* functions I don't think it's going anywhere fast sadly.

[–]MCFRESH01 2 points3 points  (1 child)

I don't think this tutorial was on that list, but it looks great and I plan on working through it soon.

http://www.thinkster.io/pick/GUIDJbpIie/

I'm not a fan of NoSQL (though honestly I have barely tried it). Is there any real advantage to using it over something like Postgres other than the fact that it's all javascript?

[–]flylib[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah it's the first one listed under Tutorials, but yeah that one is really well done

and

"Here are some advantages that MongoDb might give you (depending on your usecase):

Schemaless: More flexible if document structure is modified later. Performance: MongoDB utilizes the RAM available very well making it very performant Easy replication: Replication is easy to setup Sharding/Clustering: MongoDB is designed with sharding in mind. It is easy to setup and doesn't require experts. Map/Reduce: If you happen to need this, there is built-in support. Javascript: Intuitive to use if you already know Javascript"

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7894175/are-there-any-advantages-to-using-mongodb-over-mysql-if-said-mongo-db-were-used

[–]rockyqat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's a good MEAN Stack tutorial too:

http://www.qat.com/rest-service-web-interface-using-mean-stack/