intro to meteor (las vegas ruby user group talk)
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The JavaScript app platform
Almog Koren www.almog.io
Who Am I
Developer MeteorJS / NodeJS
Formerly founder of Scoreoid & Platfarm
Developer / Entrepreneur Almog Koren
Founder at Almog Development Studio
Speak at events like Casual Connect, Mobile Summit
DroidCon, ect..
Scuba Diver & Rock Climber
Disclaimer
This deck was provided by Meteor
Development Group, as part of the
community outreach provided for Meteor
user group mangers. I made modification
and updates.
What We’ll Cover
• What is Meteor?
• Why Meteor?
• Code Demo (Real Production Apps)
• Who is using it?
• What We Developed (Almog R&D Ltd.)
• Meteor Community
• Who is behind it?
What is Meteor?
One codebase, all platforms
Open and extensible
100% pure
JavaScript
Collaborative iOS and Android app
<1000 lines of JavaScript
A full-stack, open source platform for building web and mobile apps in JavaScript
Fast and fun development
Build advanced apps quickly with a small team
Meteor components
• Command Line Tool • View Layer (Blaze , Angular, React, Jade) • Livequery • Full stack package system (Atmosphere) • Node Package System • Build system (Cordova/Phonegap)
Why Meteor?
Table stakesTodayYesterday
Browser Mobile
Refresh button Live updates
Individual sessions Multiuser collaboration
Links and forms Native-style GUI
Updates without refreshing the browser
Real-time collaboration
“We’ve bled all over it.”
Brett KieferThe Trello Tech Stackhttp://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/
Result: Complex stack
HTML Templates App Logic
Reactive UI update system
Native mobile container
Speculative client-side updates
Client-side data store
Custom data sync protocol
Realtime database monitoring
Build & update system
We want to focus on the app, not the infrastructure
App Microservices
PLATFORM
Blaze
Livequery
Client Data Cache
MongoDB SQL REST
App Components & Logic
React Angular
SERVER
CLIENT
SOURCES
DDP
MobileWeb
Meteor code demo
MongoDB DOM
Server Client
Messages.in
sert()Messages.insert()
Meteor Data Flows
MinimongoOptimistic UI
What We Saw – Meteor Tool
Install to deploy in minutes w/free hosting
Hot code push
Multi-platform support
Full-stack packages
What We Saw – Framework Features
Reactive rendering
Database sync
Intuitive, isomorphic API
Minimal boilerplate code
The Meteor Platform
App Microservices
PLATFORM
Blaze
Livequery
Client Data Cache
MongoDB SQL REST
App Components & Logic
React Angular
SERVER
CLIENT
SOURCES
DDP
MobileWeb
Who is using Meteor?
Companies using Meteor
Workpop: Raised $7.9 million Series A led by Trinity Ventures
“the most rapid prototyping, iteration and development
we’ve ever seen from an early stage company”
App We Developed
Almog R&D Ltd. almog.io
A boutique development studio & Official Meteor Partner, helping companies large and small achieve their goals. We build
applications that are engaging and usable and believe simplicity combined with a custom innovative approach to each project is
the key to a successful experience.
Proficient in a wide range of development solutions and can help you take your product from idea to market.
Apps We Have Developed
https://almog.io/startup-mvp/
Meteor Community
Meteor community
Over 200 meetup groups
Over 6,000 community-authored packages Ranked in top10 on GitHub
Who is behind Meteor?
Meteor Development Group
Funded (won’t disappear)
- $20 Million series B - May 2015
Active development by full-time employees
Revenue product: Galaxy
- high-availability/large scale Meteor hosting
Meteor platform is MIT-licensed
- host anywhere; you own the code
meteor.com/learn
Official Meteor Tutorial
Official Meteor Docs
Meteor Forums
Discover Meteor (book)
Stack Overflow
meteor.com/try
docs.meteor.com
forums.meteor.com
book.discovermeteor.com
stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/meteor
Example Apps
Todos — a full-featured todo list app collaborative app, access control, responsive
meteor create --example todos
Local Market — a mobile social engagement app Twitter integration, camera integration, mobile-optimized
meteor create --example localmarket
