Nowadays, it's almost impossible to write Node.js applications and not hear about the MEAN stack. MEAN is the acronym used to describe a set of common technologies used on both the client and server side to build web applications with persistent server-side storage. The technologies that make up the MEAN stack are MongoDB, Express (sometimes known as Express.js), Angular, and Node.js.
We are ready to build on the knowledge we developed in the previous chapters to write a photo gallery application using the MEAN stack. Unlike previous chapters, we will not be using Bootstrap in this chapter, preferring to use Angular Material instead.
The following topics will be covered in this chapter:
- The components of the MEAN stack
- Creating our application
- Using Angular Material to create the UI
- Using Material to add our navigation
- Creating a...