getting started with meteor for android - almog koren, goplatfarm
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METEOR A better way to build apps.
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Developer MeteorJS / NodeJS Hacker
CTO Platfarm Formerly founder
of Scoreoid
Developer / Entrepreneur Almog Koren
Speaker / Evangelist Speak at events like Casual Connect Kiev, GameIS, ect..
Scuba Diver & Rock Climber
Who Am I?
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101 The Future
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METEORJS
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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
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WAIT THIS IS AN ANDROID EVENT
Why Meteor for Android
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WHY WE CHOOSE METEOR
Why You Should Choose Meteor
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• 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
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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
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USING DDP
• Creating a new instance of the DDP client
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USING DDP
• Updating data in a collection
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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One Language JavaScript
Latency compensation
Embrace The Ecosystem
Data on the wire
Database everywhere
Full Stack Reactivity
Simplicity Equals Productivity
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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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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