First off, thanks for creating this! Very excited to see a React full stack solution.
Is it safe to say that this stack is just trading out Angular for React?
I found that to be a little difficult to reason about simply, given how much bigger and encompassing of solutions that Angular is to React.
What are some of the factors included to make this a full solution vs MEAN.
Redux? Relay? React-router?
Im just trying to gain a granular understanding. Thanks!
Thanks for the nice words. And yes, it's React in place of Angular. To make it a full stack solution we have used a few dependencies. You can check them out here.
Sai Kishore Komanduri
Engineering an eGovernance Product | Hashnode Alumnus | I love pixel art
Thanks for the appreciation, Andrew. If you are just talking about the tech stacks; it is indeed safe to say that with the MERN stack, the idea is that React (and the corresponding libraries in the ecosystem to make it a "full" solution) is being used in place of Angular. There is a great tutorial on going about building a MERN app, without any boilerplate. Do check it out.
mern.io is a full blown boilerplate, a full stack solution, as you have put it; for building apps with the MERN stack. It indeed uses Redux, React-Router; and has boilerplate code for implementing server side rendering, hot-reloading for React components, internalisation support, etc... to get you started as quick as is possible without you worrying about the little details.