A talk I gave at the local MeteorJS meetup. Lessons learned about MeteorJS while developing Linkly a Meteor app - http://linklyapp.com/

1. METEOR
A better way to build apps.
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2. Frontend developer,
MeteorJS / NodeJS Hacker
Who Am I?
Speak at events like Speaker / Evangelist
Formerly founder
of Scoreoid
Casual Connect Kiev, GameIS, ect..
Developer / Entrepreneur
Almog Koren
Scuba Diver &
Rock Climber
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3. Lessons Learned
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4. • Goal – build a real world production app using Meteor
• https://linklyapp.com/
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5. METEOR PUBLISH & SUBSCRIBE
• The base for everything.
• Always start with this.
• Security, security
• Meteor (mongo) find starts with this.
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6. EXAMPLES
• Use id’s
• Mongo operators & fields
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7. MONGO FIND
• Used everywhere and all the time.
• Learn mongo operators.
• Client and server
• Remember only what is published is return.
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8. EXAMPLES
• Simple find
• Client side
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9. EXAMPLES
• $in
• Learn them all very well - http://bit.ly/1huk2NU
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10. IRON-ROUTER
• Use controllers.
• waitOn function
• onBeforeAction
• Subscribe
• Limits
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11. EXAMPLES
• waitOn, onBeforeAction, Subscribe
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12. EXAMPLES
• Controller, limit
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13. COLLECTION2 & AUDIT-ARGUMENT-CHECKS
• A must for the DB not built in.
• Easy to setup.
• Do it as soon as you start.
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14. EXAMPLES
• Collection2
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15. EXAMPLES
• Audit check
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16. METEOR MIGRATION
• Very simple package.
• Developed by Percolate Studio.
• Great when things change.
• Let’s you update your DB back and forth.
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17. EXAMPLES
• Migrate up to version 2
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18. QUICK TIPS
• Use SSL on production (issue with proxy) - http://bit.ly/1nxSmMc
• Understand deps / tracker.
• Correct folder structure (server, client, lib).
• Analytics is a pain in reactive apps.
• Handlebars.JS – {{if}} {{else}}
• Blaze Template Engine
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19. • The Big Meteor List - http://bit.ly/meteorlist
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20. • https://www.discovermeteor.com/
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21. • https://www.eventedmind.com/
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24. Q&A
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25. THANK
YOU
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