Simon Holmes

SIMON HOLMES is the author of the first edition of Getting MEAN. He’s been a full-stack developer since 2000, as well as a solutions architect, trainer, team lead, and engineering manager. He also runs a training company, Full Stack Training Ltd. Simon has a wide range of experience from his past, and through his work mentoring and training, he understands where people struggle.

books by Simon Holmes

Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node, Second Edition

  • April 2019
  • ISBN 9781617294754
  • 504 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Simplified Chinese

Getting MEAN, Second Edition teaches you how to develop full-stack web applications using the MEAN stack. Practical from the very beginning, the book helps you create a static site in Express and Node. Expanding on that solid foundation, you’ll integrate a MongoDB database, build an API, and add an authentication system. Along the way, you’ll get countless pro tips for building dynamic and responsive data-driven web applications!

Getting MEAN with Mongo, Express, Angular, and Node

  • November 2015
  • ISBN 9781617292033
  • 440 pages
  • printed in black & white
  • Available translations: Russian, Simplified Chinese

Getting MEAN teaches you how to develop web applications using the MEAN stack. First, you'll create the skeleton of a static site in Express and Node, and then push it up to a live web server. Next, add a MongoDB database and build an API before using Angular to handle data manipulation and application logic in the browser. Finally you'll add an authentication system to the application, using the whole stack. When you finish, you'll have all the skills you need to build a dynamic data-driven web application.