As presented in DroidCon Tel Aviv 2015 http://il.droidcon.com

1. 231Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
METEORA better way to build apps.

2. 232Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
Developer
MeteorJS / NodeJS Hacker
CTO Platfarm
Formerly founder
of Scoreoid
Developer / Entrepreneur
Almog Koren
Speaker / EvangelistSpeak at events like
Casual Connect Kiev, GameIS, ect..
Scuba Diver &
Rock Climber
Who Am I?

3. 233Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
101
The Future

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7. 237Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
METEORJS

8. 238Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WHAT IS METEOR?
• Open source platform for building web and mobile (Cordova)
apps in JavaScript
• Built to power the next generation of apps
• Rich user interfaces
• Collaborative multi-user applications
• Cross-platform apps (web, IOS, Android)
• Fast development

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HOW MODERN APPS LOOK & FEEL
• Focus on your app’s unique features instead of wrangling
network code, websocket, etc.
• Meteor’s Goal: Facebook-quality apps without
Facebook’s money

10. 2310Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WAIT THIS IS AN
ANDROID EVENT
Why Meteor for Android

11. 2311Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WHY WE CHOOSE
METEOR
Why You Should Choose Meteor

12. 2312Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
• We needed to be able to move fast
(prototyping)
• Database, server and web interface
• Connect different devices
• Native or Cordova at some point
• Real-time and reactive
WHY WE CHOOSE METEOR

13. 2313Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
METEOR DDP
• Distributed Data Protocol which is like "REST for websockets”
• A simple protocol for fetching structured data from a server, and
receiving live updates when that data changes.
• https://github.com/delight-im/Android-DDP
• https://github.com/kenyee/android-ddp-client

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DDP
Using

15. 2315Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
USING DDP
• Creating a new instance of the DDP client

16. 2316Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
USING DDP
• Updating data in a collection

17. 2317Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
USING DDP
• Deleting data from a collection
• Subscribing to data from the server
• Creating a new account (requires accounts-password package)

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METEORJS
What is

19. 2319Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WHAT IS METEOR
• A library of packages: pre-written, self-contained modules that you might need
in your app.
• A command-line tool called meteor.
• Built on Node.JS (Fibers)
• Mongo DB
• Structured framework
• Easy to learn
• Real-time or Reactivity
• Community

20. 2320Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WHAT IS METEORJS
PURE JAVASCRIPT
Write your entire app in pure
JavaScript.
LIVE PAGE UPDATES
Just write your templates.
DATA SYNCHRONIZATION
No more loading your data
from REST endpoints.

21. 2321Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WHAT IS METEORJS
LATENCY
COMPENSATION
Immediate updates no waiting
for the server.
HOT CODE PUSHES
Update your app while users
are connected.
PRIVILEGED
ENVIRONMENT
Write all of your code in
JavaScript.

22. 2322Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
WHAT IS METEORJS
APPLICATION BUNDLES
One command to compile your
entire application into a tarball..
INTEROPERABILITY
You can connect anything to
Meteor.
SMART PACKAGES
Templating, testing, or DOM
manipulation frameworks.

23. 2323Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
OneLanguage
JavaScript
Latency
compensation
Embrace
The Ecosystem
Data
on the wire
Database
everywhere
FullStack
Reactivity
Simplicity
Equals Productivity

24. 2324Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
COMPONENTS / DEEP DIVE
• LiveQuery – Realtime database queries
• DDP – Subscribe to changes in the database
• MiniMongo – Run database queries on the client
• Tracker – Rerun functions when data changes
• Blaze – Keep the view up-to-date with your data
http://meteor.com/projects

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DEMO
Meteor Publish / Subscribe, Meteor Methods and Allow / Deny

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CHOOSING
METEOR
The Community, App and getting started

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BUSINESSES BUILT ON METEOR

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WORKPOP - BUILT ON METEOR
• Raised $7.9 million Series A led by Trinity Ventures
“the most rapid prototyping, iteration and development we’ve ever
seen from an early stage company”

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GROWING RAPIDLY
• Over 150 meetup groups around the world –
meteor.meetup.com
• Over 2000 community-authored packages -
atmospherejs.com
• Discover Meteor has made over $300,000 in book sales (as of
Sept. 2014)
• Ranked #11 on GitHub (just passed Backbone, will soon pass
Rails)

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METEOR MEETUP GROUPS

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• https://www.discovermeteor.com/

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33. 2333Presentation by Almog Koren • Jun 11, 2015
LEARNING METEOR
• Meteor.com - http://meteor.com/learn
#
• Official Meteor tutorial - http://meteor.com/install
#
• Discover Meteor - http://book.discovermeteor.com
#
• EventedMind - https://www.eventedmind.com
#
• Stack Overflow, tagged Meteor
• Official Meteor Docs - http://docs.meteor.com

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Q&A

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THANK
YOU