Meteor

because programming should be fun

Isaac Strack, Adobe Systems

My 'JSHarmony' Profile

GSB

GOTO: The '80s

OOPs

Fat, Thin, & Smart

An Original HTTPSTER

XMLHTTP - 1998
AJAX - 2005

Rise of the Web App

Technologist

noun [tek-nol-uh-jist]

A person who uses existing technology to solve practical problems.

...

Meteor

because programming should be fun*

*again

Opinion

Fundamental Shift

The movement of logic and services
from the server to client-based applications
is a massive architectural change.

-Matt Debergalis

Largest change since...

Toolchain

Protocols

Languages

Business Models

Not just the product

HTML on the wire

Data on the wire

Client

Server

Performs Logic (MVC)
Renders View
Sends HTML

Performs Logic (IPO)
Publishes Data
(optional rendering)

Dumb Terminal
Polling

Reactivity
Performs Logic
Handles Invalidations
RMI

Full Stack Reactivity

Event-Driven Logic

Enables Declarative Programming

Latency Compensation

Make Changes On Client

Reconciliation With Server

Enabled By Full Stack Reactivity

DDP All the things...

DDP Libraries
Android (Java)
AS3
C#
Dart
JavaScript
.NET
Node.JS
Objective C
Python
Ruby

Creature Comforts

Modular

Atmosphere: "NPM for Meteor"

Direct NPM Module Integration

Plays Well With Others

Deploying & Testing

Resources

bit.ly/meteor-intro - git repo of today's fun

mete or.com - intro, getting started, docs

discovermeteor.com - pricey (but worth it!) book

bit.ly/SLCMeteor - Our Local Meetup group

bit.ly/strack-meteor-start - entry-level book
(also on Amazon - discounts available!)

https://slid.es/strack/meteor-intro

Introduction to Meteor

By Isaac Strack

Introduction to Meteor

A brief introduction to Meteor, a full stack JavaScript framework that significantly speeds up the development process, and makes development fun again.

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Isaac Strack

Design Technologist and all-around mediocre soccer player.