0 views0
Comments
By
Meteor
MeteorMeteor
Build AutomationWhat 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.
Meteor is a tool in the Build Automation category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Pure JavaScriptLive page updatesClean, powerful data synchronizationLatency compensationHot Code PushesSensitive code runs in a privileged environmentFully self-contained application bundlesInteroperabilitySmart Packages
Meteor Pros & Cons
Pros of Meteor
- ✓Real-time
- ✓Full stack, one language
- ✓Best app dev platform available today
- ✓Data synchronization
- ✓Javascript
- ✓Focus on your product not the plumbing
- ✓Hot code pushes
- ✓Open source
- ✓Live page updates
- ✓Latency compensation
Cons of Meteor
- ✗Does not scale well
- ✗Hard to debug issues on the server-side
- ✗Heavily CPU bound
Meteor Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Meteor?
npm
npm is the command-line interface to the npm ecosystem. It is battle-tested, surprisingly flexible, and used by hundreds of thousands of JavaScript developers every day.
Visual Studio
Visual Studio is a suite of component-based software development tools and other technologies for building powerful, high-performance applications.
IntelliJ IDEA
Out of the box, IntelliJ IDEA provides a comprehensive feature set including tools and integrations with the most important modern technologies and frameworks for enterprise and web development with Java, Scala, Groovy and other languages.
Webpack
A bundler for javascript and friends. Packs many modules into a few bundled assets. Code Splitting allows to load parts for the application on demand. Through "loaders" modules can be CommonJs, AMD, ES6 modules, CSS, Images, JSON, Coffeescript, LESS, ... and your custom stuff.
