Rails VS MEAN Stack

Created by Josh Applebaum & Prakash Waghwani

Our presentation will focus on the following items:

What is Ruby on Rails?

What is the Javascript MEAN stack?

What does a simple app look like in MEAN?

How is the same app different in Rails?

Comparision

Ruby on Rails:

Ruby on Rails is a web application framework that utilizes the model–view–controller (MVC) framework, providing default structures for a database, a web service, and web pages.

What is Mean Stack?

MEAN stack refers to a collection of JavaScript based technologies which serve as a loose framework to develop web applications.

M: Mongodb

MongoDB is a schemaless NoSQL database system. It saves data in binary JSON format which makes it easier to pass data between client and server.

E: Express JS

Express.js is a light-weight web application framework to help organize web applications into an MVC architecture on the server side.

A: AngularJS

AngularJS is a front end JavaScript framework developed by Google, designed to make your front-end development as easy as possible. Further, it utilizes two way data binding which means the view is an instant projection of the model.

N: Node JS

Node.js is a server side JavaScript execution environment. It’s a platform built on Google Chrome’s V8 JavaScript runtime. It helps in building highly scalable and concurrent applications rapidly.