This page aims @ covering MEAN development using angular6 ,express , node and monoDB. to start with : Softwares to install 1.node - https://nodejs.org/en/download/ 2.mongoDB - https://www.mongodb.com/download-center#community once these are installed and via node using npm we can install express . 3.angular 6 - https://angular.io/guide/quickstart use angular cli to create angular app. Node js - we can do server side programming using javascript , it used the chrome V8 engine , the engine is built using ECMAScript which is a standard for javascript. reference - https://v8.dev/ mongoDB - installation and step to verify : Double click on the .msi file which is downloaded - click next until installation completes. click on the mongo to launch mongo shell. another way to interact with mongoDB is using mongo compass . once mongo shell is launched type in 1.db - lists the current db being used if u wanna switch use 'dbname' -eg &