Meteor.js
slides.com/andyernst/meteor
By Andy Ernst
What is meteor?
"Meteor is at the forefront of a new wave of frameworks that make building web apps easier, simpler, and faster."
- discovermeteor.com
what is meteor?
Front AND back-end JavaScript framework
The same JavaScript runs on the client and server
why meteor?
"Meteor is extremely interesting
and I think they do a lot of things very right -
it's a delight to work with.
EVERYONE coding JavaScript should learn it,
because it's inspiring as hell."
-Mattias Petter Johansson
Why meteor?
- One language
- Live page updates
- Automatic data synchronization
- Latency compensation
- Hot code pushes
- Fully self-contained application bundles
- Interoperability
- Smart packages
- Easy to learn
Why meteor?
LIVE CODING
why meteor?
- More powerful data-binding than Ractive
- MongoDB built in
- Web sockets built in
- Easier than Backbone/Angular/Ember
- Can use other frameworks with it
- Full-stack like Rails, but more flexible
- Name sounds really cool
drawbacks
- Another framework to learn
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Currently 0.8.1
- Doesn't use npm
- Limited support for DBs/libraries/packages
Resources
Questions?
Thank you
https://github.com/AndyCErnst
AndyCErnst@gmail.com