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A sample e-commerce web app built with ReactJS, ExpressJS and MongoDB

Linh Truong Cong Hong on November 30, 2021

MERN stack which stands for MongoDB, ExpressJS, ReactJS and NodeJS has become a popular choice for fullstack Javascript web developer. As a person...
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Bo

Not to hate on this, but is anyone still using MongoDB for new projects? A lot of devs I've spoken with who had chosen to use MongoDB regretted their decision later.

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Bryan Ramses Garcia

I believe that all NO-SQL engines are amazing but I also believe that the nature of the data and how we handle it 90% of the times fits better with SQL engines because of the high quality features for relational models, so if we go with hype driven development we can make mistakes choosing tech stack

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Bo

I agree with this, the way most web applications work fits really well with a simple SQL database be it MySQL or PostgreSQL.

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chase

which one is more in line with the business,which one is batter

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aquib sayyed

What's the better alternative? I'm new and looking to learn database.

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Bo

Definitely MySQL.

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singhrahul31

I would suggest to make it responsive in mobile as well

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John Piedrahita

Look at post for Backend, please…
dev.to/japhernandez/authentication...