The Next Generation Software Stack

Henrik Ingo

Solutions Architect, MongoDB

@h_ingo

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Hi, I am Henrik Ingo

@h_ingo

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1999

You're not a serious programmer if

all you know is JavaScript

JavaScript

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2014

You're not a serious programmer if

you do not know JavaScript

JavaScript

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Full Stack JavaScript

Express.js

JSON

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Developed by a company

Meteor Development Group

Based on Node.js, but

Think of it as its own framework

Integrated

Server & client

Heavy use of MongoDB API

Server & client!

Meteor facts

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The Little Things

Why Meteor is cool

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Project layout

app

common.js

server

server.js

client

client.js

client.css

client.html

public

static.html

image.png

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The Little Things

Server & Client

Why Meteor is cool

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The Little Things

Server & Client

MongoDB

Why Meteor is cool

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The Little Things

Server & Client

MongoDB

Minimongo!

Why Meteor is cool

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The Little Things

Server & Client

MongoDB

Minimongo!

Reactive

Why Meteor is cool

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The Little Things

Server & Client

MongoDB

Minimongo!

Full Stack Reactive

Why Meteor is cool

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The Little Things

Server & Client

MongoDB

Minimongo!

Full Stack Reactive

No callback hell!

Why Meteor is cool

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How the magic happens

Oplog

Websocket Websocket

Meteor

Meteor

Minimongo

<h1>Hello World!</h1>

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To some extent, the client-server integration

is an illusion that quickly falls apart.

A lot of things have to execute explicitly within client/ or server/.

Is there anything I don't like?

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Data on the Wire

One Language (JavaScript)

Database Everywhere

Latency Compensation

Full Stack Reactivity

Embrace the Ecosystem

Simplicity = Productivity

7 Meteor Principles

docs.meteor.com/#sevenprinciples

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RTFM: docs.meteor.com

Tutorial: sebastiandahlgren.se/2013/07/17/tutorial-writing-your-first-metor-application

Books:www.discovermeteor.com

meteortips.com/book

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The Next Generation Software Stack

Henrik Ingo

Solutions Architect, MongoDB

@h_ingo