Isaac Strack - Getting Started with Meteor.js JavaScript Framework [2012, PDF/EPUB, ENG]

Preface

Chapter 1: Setup and Installation
Installing with curl
Loading an example application
Selecting your file location
Loading the example application
Starting the example application
Previewing the application
Help! I made too many changes!
Making code changes
Changing from todos to items
Summary

Chapter 2: Reactive Programming… It's Alive!
Creating the Lending Library
Creating the base application
Creating a collection
Fun with the browser console
Adding some data
Displaying collections in HTML
Cleaning up
Creating a reaction
Multiple clients
Summary

Chapter 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 (MVVM)
A giant Meteor appears!
Cached and synchronized data (the model)
Templated HTML (the view)
Meteor's client code (the View-Model)
Let's create some templates
Summary

Chapter 4: Templates
A new HTML template
Gluing it all together
Our items View-Model
Additional view states
Adding events
Model updates
Style updates
Summary

Chapter 5: Data, Meteor Style!
Document-oriented storage
But why not use a relational database
MongoDB
Using direct commands
Broadcasting changes
Published events
Configuring publishers
Turning off autopublish
Listing categories
Listing items
Checking your streamlined data
Summary

Chapter 6: Application and Folder Structure
Client and server folders
Public folder
Security and accounts
Removing insecure
Adding an admin account
Granting admin permissions
Customizing results
Modifying Meteor.publish()
Adding owner privileges
Enabling multiple users
Summary

Chapter 7: Packaging and Deploying
Third-party packages
Listing available packages
Bundling your application
Deploying to Meteor's servers
Updating Meteor's servers
Using your own hostname
Deploying to a custom server
Server setup
Deploying your bundle
Optional – different platform
Running your application
Summary

Index