MEAN-vs-JAX RS for RESTful Web Services: Performance and Efficiency Analysis

ABSTRACT This paper examines the components of the MEAN Stack, and analyzes the benefits and efficiency of MEAN in comparison to JAX RS for RESTful applications. We compare the flow of information between these two application frameworks by creating a simple web application (Messenger Application) using MEAN and JAX RS. We also make performance reviews of servers on client-requests due to the difference in the type of data transferred between client and server. Keywords- REST, MEAN, web programming, MongoDb, Express.js, Angular.js, Node.