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Mastering MeteorJS Application Development

By : Arturas Lebedevas, Jebin BV
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Mastering MeteorJS Application Development

By: Arturas Lebedevas, Jebin BV

Overview of this book

The web is dead – applications now rule our online experiences. But how are you going to build them? Well, if you’ve been paying attention, you might already have tried your hand with MeteorJS, the JavaScript framework that helps you build complete full-stack web applications that are responsive and fast with ease. Mastering MeteorJS Application Development shows you how to do even more with MeteorJS – if you’re ready to try a comprehensive course through one of the most exciting frameworks in web development today, this is the book you need. Designed to take you through the entire process of building an advanced multipage application with Meteor, you’ll be able to bring your web development ideas with surprising ease. You’ll not only learn how Meteor makes web development easier, but also how you can make using Meteor easier, by automating and simplifying tasks so you can be confident you have full control of everything in your workflow – especially everything that could go wrong. From automated testing to integrating other useful frameworks such as Angular and D3, each chapter covers a crucial element in the Meteor development process. Discover how to integrate animations using Meteor’s Blaze, to give your UI designs the edge, and explore reactive programming to effectively harness RESTful systems in your projects. You will also learn how to deploy and scale your application, two crucial aspects of modern development and vital in a changing digital environment with users expecting a product and experience that delivers. With further insights on developing for mobile – and how Meteor can help you tackle the challenges of the trend – and details on incorporating SEO strategies into your application, this book isn’t just a code tutorial – it’s about creating a product that users love.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Mastering MeteorJS Application Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Builds and deploying


We need to create a build to deploy our application. From the previous chapter, we have learned that MeteorJS has a build creation tool that can build a single source into builds for both Web and mobile platforms. We have to use the following command to create a build:

meteor build <path>

After creating the build, we can find the Android build under the <path>/android directory and, similarly, the iOS build under the <path>/ios directory. While running the build process for a mobile, we need to specify the server details to which the mobile application is going to connect. For example, if we want the TellMe application to work on a mobile, while running the build process, we have to run the following command:

meteor build <path> --server https://tellme.com:8080

Once we get the builds, we can distribute it to Play Store or App Store.

Hot code push

We know that MeteorJS does hot code push to the clients. This is a big advantage for mobile apps. For...