Meteor platform presentation made at Javascript Meetup in Chisinau, Moldova. This presentation makes a short introduction to the platform and its features.

1. Build real-time web and mobile apps
in pure JavaScript
@nickgudumac

2. Meteor is an open-source, production-ready, real-time full-stack
web application framework.
Universal JavaScript
One codebase,
all platforms
Open and extensible
Fast and fun development Great for building real-time
collaborative apps, client connected on
iOS, Android and Web

3. Meteor Stack

4. Isobuild
Atmosphere
Deploy
Cordova
Blaze, Spacebars, Tracker, Minimongo Node.js, MongoDB, LiveQuery, Microservices
> meteor run
CONSOLE
CLIENT SERVER
Meteor AppCordova App
Mobile Web
Hot Code
Reload
DDP
EJSON
How does it work?

5. Meteor 7 Principles
Data on the Wire
One language
Database everywhere
Latency Compensation
Full Stack Reactivity
Embrace the Ecosystem
Simplicity Equals Productivity

6. How popular is Meteor?
#11
on GitHub
by number of stars
(passed Rails)
31 mil. $
Raised in funding
8400
Packages
447k
Unique installs

7. When not to use Meteor
If you want build a website, not a web application.
When you already have a backend
When all you want is to build a web-service / REST API
When core MySQL support is needed.
When you need to squeeze every last bit of performance
from your app.

8. What can you actually build with Meteor?
Web apps with rich interfaces
Collaborative apps (like Slack, Trello etc.)
Real-time dashboards
Cross-Platform Apps
Fast prototypes, MVP’s

9. Meteor Is The App Platform For The New World
Of Cloud-Client Computing
Anthony Wing Kosner, Forbes / Tech

10. DEMO TIME
Building a Chat App