Meteor.js

Quick talk on Meteor.js Framework

Recording of this talk (in Portuguese, but also available in English upon request): https://youtu.be/JN6nyy3E4To?t=3884

Transcript

1. The JavaScript app platform by Luiz Gonzaga dos Santos Filho http://luiz.in www.meteor.com
2. What is Meteor?
3. 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
4. Build advanced apps quickly
 with a small team
5. Meteor components Command Line Tool View Layer – Blaze (Angular, React) Livequery Full stack package system – atmospherejs.com Build system Cordova/Phonegap
6. Real-time collaboration
7. “We’ve bled all over it.” Brett Kiefer The Trello Tech Stack http://blog.fogcreek.com/the-trello-tech-stack/
8. 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 Mobile Web
9. MongoDB DOM Server Client M essages.insert() M essages.insert() Meteor Data Flows Minimongo Optimistic UI
10. What We Saw – Meteor Tool Install to deploy in minutes w/free hosting Hot code push Multi-platform support Full-stack packages
11. What We Saw – Framework Features Reactive rendering Database sync Intuitive, isomorphic API Minimal boilerplate code
12. The Meteor Platform App Microservices PLATFORM Blaze Livequery Client Data Cache MongoDB SQL REST App Components & Logic React Angular SERVER CLIENT SOURCES DDP Mobile Web
13. Who is using Meteor?
14. Companies using Meteor
15. Meteor community Over 200 meetup groups Over 6000 community-authored packages Ranked in top10 on GitHub
16. Who is behind Meteor?
17. 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
18. What’s next?
19. Roadmap Meteor 1.2 – Summer 2015 • ES2015 (ES6) • 1st Class Angular, React support Future Directions • Full-stack reactive SQL • REST and microservices • Large app patterns, ES2015 modules, and more
20. 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
21. www.meteor.com Thank You!