MERN stands for MongoDB, Express, React and Node.js. MERN stack is the popular framework for developing web and mobile applications. MongoDB provides database back-end while React is the client-side front-end web framework and express and node are the middleware in the MERN stack. The MERN stack enables fast development of applications which are easy to debug especially using the JSON documents.
Top questions on the MERN stack are provided to boost your skills and knowledge on the MERN stack but easily clear technical interview on the MERN stack.
MERN Stack consists of FOUR technologies which are:
M-ONGODB (Database) : is for preparing document database and is a NoSQL (Non-Structured Query Language ) Database System
E-xpress : is used for developing Node.js web framework
R-eact : is for developing a client-side JavaScript framework
N-ode JS : is for developing the premier JavaScript web server
MERN Stack is a JavaScript Stack which comprises powerful and robust technologies, used to develop scalable master web applications that includes backend, front-end, and database components. MERN Stack is a technology that is a user-friendly full-stack JavaScript framework for building applications and dynamic websites. The main purpose of using MERN stack is to develop apps using JavaScript only.
MERN Stack consists of FOUR technologies which are:
M-ONGODB (Database) : is for preparing document database and is a NoSQL (Non-Structured Query Language ) Database System
E-xpress : is used for developing Node.js web framework
R-eact : is for developing a client-side JavaScript framework
N-ode JS : is for developing the premier JavaScript web server
Top 5 MERN STACK projects to improve your practical understanding🚀
1. E-Commerce Website One of the most popular MERN stack project suggestions for both newbies and experienced developers is an e-commerce website. This project serves multiple purposes, both vendors and customers. Customers:
2. Realtime Chat APP A RealTime Chat Application is one of the simplest MERN Stack Applications that enables you to make use of mailing functionalities. Some common feature of this App includes
3. Public Blog App In a Public blog Application, you gain experience on adding privileges to writers on the contents they see on their dashboard as well as controlling that of a super Admin. Some features of this App includes:
Writers login/Signup
Perform CRUD operations on Categories
Perform CRUD operation on Articles (User right reserved)
Manage writers and content on App (Admin right preserved)
4. Application for Food Delivery Restaurants and customers should be able to communicate more easily thanks to this app. It must include an Admin Dashboard for Restaurant owners as well as a facing App for customers to order food. Feature may include:
User Login / Signup
Add/Remove to/from Cart
Checkout order and make payment. (Online or Pay on Delivery)
Admin should be able to perform CRUD operation on food etc.
5. Weather App A Weather APP is one of the most prominent React Apps you can build in a few hours. This basic App gives you exposure on using external API's. It also involves a bit of state management to handle the data.
Some features of this App may include but not limited to:
Displaying the weather condition of the user's current location.
Search for the weather condition of a particular location.
Dynamic rendering of UI to suit weather condition etc.
Access to an account with administrator privileges.
Access to the command prompt.
A copy of Java installed and ready to use, with the JAVA_HOME environment variable set up (learn how to set up the JAVA_HOME environment variable in our guide to installing Java on Windows).
How to Install Maven on Windows
Follow the steps outlined below to install Apache Maven on Windows.
Step 1: Download Maven Zip File and Extract
1. Visit the Maven download page and download the version of Maven you want to install. The Files section contains the archives of the latest version. Access earlier versions using the archives link in the Previous Releases section.
2. Click on the appropriate link to download the binary zip archive of the latest version of Maven. As of the time of writing this tutorial, that is version 3.8.4.
3. Since there is no installation process, extract the Maven archive to a directory of your choice once the download is complete. For this tutorial, we are using C:\Program Files\Maven\apache-maven-3.8.4.
Step 2: Add MAVEN_HOME System Variable
1. Open the Start menu and search for environment variables.
2. Click the Edit the system environment variables result.
3. Under the Advanced tab in the System Properties window, click Environment Variables.
4. Click the New button under the System variables section to add a new system environment variable.
5. Enter MAVEN_HOME as the variable name and the path to the Maven directory as the variable value. Click OK to save the new system variable.
Step 3: Add MAVEN_HOME Directory in PATH Variable
1. Select the Path variable under the System variables section in the Environment Variables window. Click the Edit button to edit the variable.
2. Click the New button in the Edit environment variable window.
3. Enter %MAVEN_HOME%\bin in the new field. Click OK to save changes to the Path variable.
Note: Not adding the path to the Maven home directory to the Path variable causes the 'mvn' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file error when using the mvn command.
4. Click OK in the Environment Variables window to save the changes to the system variables.
Step 4: Verify Maven Installation
In the command prompt, use the following command to verify the installation by checking the current version of Maven: