Intro to Meteor

Principles of Meteor

• Data on the Wire
• One Language
• Database Everywhere
• Latency Compensation
• Full Stack Reactivity
• Embrace the Ecosystem
• Simplicity Equals Productivity

Let's build this thing

What are we covering?

• Meteor Setup
• File Structure
• Templates
• Collections
• Helpers
• Events
• Security
• Publish/Subscribe Pattern
• Routes
• Deployment
• meteor mongo

Meteor Setup

    curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh

1. Install Meteor

    meteor create today
    cd today

2. Create a new Meteor app

    meteor

3. Run the app

File Structure

• /client -- only runs on the client
• /server -- only runs on the server
• /lib -- loaded before anything else
• /public -- static assets (fonts, images)
• /private -- accessible from server only via Assets API
• /client/compatibility -- third-party libraries, loaded first
• /tests & /node_modules -- not loaded anywhere

All other JS files outside these directories run on both the client and server.

For more details, read http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/structuringyourapp

Resources

• http://slides.com/jasonsewell
• http://slides.com/jasonsewell/reactive-programming
• http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/
• https://www.meteor.com/tutorials/blaze/creating-an-app
• http://meteortips.com/first-meteor-tutorial
• https://www.discovermeteor.com/
• http://meteorpad.com/
• http://themeteorchef.com/
• https://forums.meteor.com/
• https://www.discovermeteor.com/blog/allow-deny-challenge-results/