Getting MEAN: How lean is MEAN?

[Sagar Rohankar]

Hello Simon,

How lean is MEAN?

Can I easily change the MEAN stack? Can I replace AngularJS with another JS library? same with other components? Do you see any benefits in doing it?

PS: I've lil experience with NodeJS and Express, please correct if my question sound stupid

[Bear Bibeault]

Given how new and confusing this area can be, I'd say there are very few questions that could be thought of as "stupid".

[Abhisek Pattnaik]

In his freely available first chapter as sample, Simon clearly specifies that Angular.JS can be replaced with Backbone, Underscore or Ember.

[Sai Hegde]

What is your definition of lean? Each of the components in the MEAN stack have been tried and tested through many a applications deployed to prodcution already. Also, to answer your question- Yes, the components of the MEAN stack can be replaced.
Mongo with Couch
Express with Hapi/Koa
Angular with Backbone/Ember