Meteor vs. Play
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What is Meteor?A Meteor application is a mix of JavaScript that runs inside a client web browser, JavaScript that runs on the Meteor server inside a Node.js container, and all the supporting HTML fragments, CSS rules, and static assets.
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What is Play?Play Framework makes it easy to build web applications with Java & Scala. Play is based on a lightweight, stateless, web-friendly architecture. Built on Akka, Play provides predictable and minimal resource consumption (CPU, memory, threads) for highly-scalable applications.
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How much does Meteor cost?
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How much does Play cost?
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What companies use Meteor?
248 companies on StackShare use Meteor
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What companies use Play?
138 companies on StackShare use Play
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What tools integrate with Meteor?
10 tools on StackShare integrate with Meteor
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What tools integrate with Play?
1 tools on StackShare integrate with Play
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What are some alternatives to Meteor and Play?
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Meteor 1.8 erases the debts of 1.7
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Meteor 1.7 and the evergreen dream
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Related Comparisons
Interest Over Time
Reviews of Meteor and Play
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MichelFloydSimply a great full-stack platform
May 26, 2016 12:53
I discovered Meteor thanks to my daughter who used it for a project at MIT. I was amazed at how much she had built in such a short time. I had also been trying to figure out how to build a browser-based crypto app so I jumped into Meteor and had an MVP for cloak.ly in a few short months starting from nothing. Learning Meteor really alters what you perceive as easy and difficult in full-stack development. It has an amazing ability to simplify your thinking and your code. Community support in terms of packages is outstanding as well which saves tremendous time. The quality of the software is outstanding with very few regressions cropping up during their frequent releases.
Being at the bleeding edge of the js community does have its downsides however. While early Meteor (with Blaze/handlebars templates) was exceedingly simple, Meteor have had to introduce support for both angular and react. In combination with the move to ECMAscript this has resulted in a lot of work for developers to just keep up with the evolution of the platform. Someone who was an expert 6 months ago might quickly find themselves being a newb again. If you're someone who doesn't like change you may want to stick to jQuery.
Living in the bay area I have the luxury of being able to attend Meteor events frequently. Having met many members of the MDG team, I have tremendous confidence in the future of the platform. This is a very solid group with a rare combination of broad vision and excellent execution.
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samuelwightMakes developing fun again
August 14, 2015 17:47
Meteor is my favorite framework. It makes everything fun. Syncing data across devices is really easy and you don't have to mess around with sockets at all. You can insert data into the database on the client. There's tons of security options. There's over 3000 packages on the packaging system. Instant iOS and Android apps. Amazing, reactive routing. Free hosting. Easy deployment with Meteor Up. What's not to like?
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bilindPretty Simple and Solid
March 18, 2016 00:29
Meteor is so powerful and flexible. I love it. In the near future, it will be the top-used framework.
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rywAmazing platform
August 26, 2014 07:26
We have gone "all in" on Meteor and I recommend you do to.
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How developers use Meteor vs Play
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datapile uses Play
Play is a central framework/component/library (not sure what to call things these days) in Scala. We <3 Scala, and therefore we <3 Play.
Play is on of several frameworks we are prototyping and vetting for various public-facing websites, and may ultimately be the framework behind the main datapile.io website.
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cloak.ly uses Meteor
Without Meteor cloak.ly could not have been built as quickly by such a small team. Meteor was instrumental to getting an MVP up quickly and dealing with the complexities of browser-based encryption.
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elo80ka uses Play
I used Play to build a configuration UI for the service, which let you create and manage the menus (a hierarchical tree of options and actions).
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ShareThis uses Meteor
Built on Node.js, Meteor's real time reactivity and its wide package ecosystem allows us to quickly prototype and build apps in a lean way
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White Rabbit Express uses Meteor
We've been doing all new development in Meteor for the past couple years. We've had Meteor apps in production since version 0.6
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