Getting Started with Meteor (TCF ITPC 2014)
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An introduction to Meteor, a web application development environment designed to create rich web applications in a fraction of the time.
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Getting Started with Meteor (TCF ITPC 2014)
- 1. 1 Getting Started with Meteor TCF IT Professional Conference March 14, 2014 Michael P. Redlich @mpredli about.me/mpredli/ Sunday, March 16, 14
- 2. Who’s Mike? • BS in CS from • “Petrochemical Research Organization” • Ai-Logix, Inc. (now AudioCodes) • Amateur Computer Group of New Jersey • Publications • Presentations 2 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 3. Objectives • What is Meteor? • Why Meteor? • The Seven Principles • Getting Started with Meteor • Live Demos (yea!) • Meteor Resources 3 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 4. What is Meteor? (1) • “...an open-source platform for building top- quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you’re an expert developer or just getting started.” Meteor Web Site, http://www.meteor.com/ • A full-stack framework using JavaScript • Compiles, combines, and distributes your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript 4 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 5. What is Meteor? (2) • Built on top of • Shares code between the client-side and server-side of your application 5 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 6. What is Node.js? • “...a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event- driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data- intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.” Node.js Web Site, http://www.nodejs.org/ 6 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 7. Why Meteor? • “Meteor is radically faster, radically easier platform for Internet-scale thick client applications.” Avital Oliver,“Meteor Smart Packages”, ETE Conference, 4/2/2013 • Easy to learn • Rapid application development • Powerful data synchronization 7 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 8. The Seven Principles • Data on the Wire • One Langauge • Database Everywhere • Latency Compensation • Full-Stack Reactivity • Embrace the Ecosystem • Simplicity = Productivity 8 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 9. (#1) Data on the Wire • Don’t send HTML over the network • Let client decide how to render data • Browser renders the templates as data changes 9 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 10. (#2) One Language • Everything is JavaScript • Built-in JavaScript packages include: • CoffeeScript • jQuery • Bootstrap • Backbone 10 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 11. (#3) Database Everywhere • MongoDB works on both the client and the server • The client-side database API looks just like MongoDB server-side API • Database operations are cached in memory on the client-side to yield... 11 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 12. (#4) Latency Compensation • Designed to create a zero-latency connection to the database • Database on client-side is updated first • Database on server-side is updated later 12 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 13. (#5) Full-Stack Reactivity • Embraces the concept of reactive programming • Everything is real-time • Templates automatically re-render themselves as data changes 13 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 14. (#6) Embrace the Ecosystem • Meteor is open-source • Integrates existing open-source tools and frameworks 14 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 15. (#7) Simplicity = Productivity • For something to seem simple, it must actually be simple • API are plain and simple 15 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 16. Conventions Used in This Presentation • Command Prompt ($) • Keywords (meteor, create, etc.) • Variables (variable) 16 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 17. Getting Started • Download Meteor • Create your first Meteor app • Explore the built-in examples 17 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 18. 18 Download Meteor • Unix/Linux $ curl https://install.meteor.com | sh • Windows (unofficial support) • win.meteor.com • developed by Tom Wijsman • now facilitated by Stephen Darnell Sunday, March 16, 14
- 19. CreateYour First Meteor App $ meteor create myapp $ cd myapp myapp $ meteor 19 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 20. Live Demo! 20 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 21. Explore the Built-in Examples • Four (4) built-in examples • Leaderboard (simplest) $ meteor create --example leaderboard 21 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 22. Live Demo! 22 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 23. StructuringYour Meteor Application 23 • Special folders: • /server • /client • /public • /lib • /collections Sunday, March 16, 14
- 24. Smart Packages (1) • JavaScript programs • Extend your Meteor environment • Injects code into client-side or server-side of your application 24 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 25. Smart Packages (2) • Core smart packages: • spark • reload • livedata • mongo-livedata • minimongo 25 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 26. Smart Packages (3) • List all available packages $ meteor list • Adding a package $ meteor add packageName • Removing a package $ meteor remove packageName 26 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 27. DeployingYour Meteor Application • Full application server • Deploy on Meteor’s infrastructure $ meteor deploy myapp.meteor.com 27 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 28. Meteorite • A wrapper utility for Meteor • developed by Tom Coleman • Supports third-party applications • Does everything Meteor does plus... 28 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 29. Meteor Resources (1) 29 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 31. Upcoming Events (1) • Trenton Computer Festival • March 14-15, 2014 • tcf-nj.org • Emerging Technologies for the Enterprise • April 22-23, 2014 • phillyemergingtech.com 31 Sunday, March 16, 14
- 32. 32 Upcoming Events (2) Sunday, March 16, 14