Build Applications with Meteor Dobrin Ganev Author

Build a variety of cross-platform applications with the world’s most complete full-stack JavaScript framework— MeteorAbout This BookDevelop a set of real-world applications each exploring different features of MeteorMake your app more appealing by adding reactivity and responsiveness to itWork with the most powerful feature of Meteor—the “full stack reactivity”—through building real-time applications with many third party librariesWho This Book Is ForIf you are a developer who is looking forward to taking your application development skills with Meteor to next level by getting your hands-on different projects, this book is for you.What You Will LearnSee how Meteor fits in the modern web application development by using its reactive data systemMake your front-end behave consistently across environments by implementing a predictable state container with ReduxGet familiar with React and overview of Angular 2Add a map to your application with a real-time geolocationPlugin into Meteor social media APIs like Twitter’s streaming and Facebook’s MessengerAdd search functionality from scratch to your existing app and dataAdd responsiveness with Bootstrap 4 and Google’s Material Design using Less and SassDistribute your data across machines and data centers by adding Apache Cassandra to your existing stack.Learn how to scale your microservices with the high performant language neutral framework gRPC.Learn how to query multiple data sources using GraphQL.In DetailThis book starts with the basic installation and overview of the main components in Meteor. You’ll get hands-on multiple versatile applications covering a wide range of topics from adding a front-end views with the hottest rendering technology React to implementing a microservices oriented architecture.All the code is written with ES6/7 which is the latest significantly improved JavaScript language. We’ll also look at real-time data streaming, server to server data exchange, responsive styles on the front-end, full-text search functionality, and integration of many third-party libraries and APIs using npm.By the end of the book, you’ll have the skills to quickly prototype and even launch your next app idea in a matter of days.Style and ApproachThis book takes an easy-to-follow project-based approach. Each project starts with the goal of what you will learn and an overview the technologies used.