Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework - Second Edition
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Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework - Second Edition

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Year
2015
ISBN
9781785285547

Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework Second Edition


Table of Contents

Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Support files, eBooks, discount offers, and more
Why subscribe?
Free access for Packt account holders
Preface
What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Downloading the example code
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Setup and Installation
Installing using curl
Loading an example application
Selecting your file's location
Loading the example application
Starting the example application
Previewing the application
Help! I made too many changes!
Making code changes
Changing from Leaderboard to Yay Science!
Summary
2. Reactive Programming
It's Alive!
Creating the Lending Library
Creating the base application
Creating a Collection
Having fun with the browser console
Adding some data
Displaying collections in HTML
Cleaning up
Creating a reaction
Multiple clients
Summary
3. Why Meteor Rocks!
Modern web applications
The origin of the web app (client/server)
The rise of the machines (MVC)
The browser grows up
A giant Meteor appears!
Data On The Wire
Latency Compensation
Full Stack Reactivity
Let's create some templates
Summary
4. Templates
A new HTML template
Gluing it all together
Displaying items
Additional view states
Adding events
Model updates
Style updates
Summary
5. Data – Meteor Style!
Document-oriented storage
Why not use a relational database?
MongoDB
Using direct commands
Broadcasting changes
Configuring publishers
Turning off autopublish
Listing Categories
Listing items
Checking your streamlined data
Summary
6. Application Structure – Client, Server, and Public (oh my!)
The client and server folders
The public folder
The security and accounts
Removing insecure
Adding an admin account
Granting admin permissions
Customizing results
Modifying Meteor.publish()
Adding owner privileges
Enabling multiple users
Summary
7. Packaging and Deploying
Third-party packages
Finding the available packages
Bundling your application
Deploying your application to Meteor's servers
Updating Meteor's servers
Using your own hostname
Deploying your application to a custom server
The server setup
Installing and configuring MUP
Deploying your app using MUP
Summary
Index

Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework Second Edition

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First published: December 2012
Second edition: June 2015
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Credits

Author
Isaac Strack
Reviewers
Netanel Gilad
FlĂĄvio Juvenal da Silva Junior
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Cover Work
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About the Author

Isaac Strack is a design technologist and STEM education advocate, currently working as a solutions consultant for Adobe Systems. With more than 15 years of experience in management information systems and web and creative technologies, Isaac has a strong background in modern web application development. He is the author of the Packt Publishing book Meteor Cookbook and the Packt Publishing video series Learning Meteor Application Development; he also assisted recently as a technical reviewer for another Packt Publishing book named Building Single-page Web Apps with Meteor. He holds a patent for online fraud detection and is a co-captain of the Salt Lake City Meteor Meetup group. He is an experienced lecturer/speaker. Isaac regularly mentors others at boot camps, training events, and conferences, such as UtahJS, DevMountain Meteor Day, NMC Summer Conference, Adobe workshops/events, and the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

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