Module: Application Design (Meteor), Part 3

Gain experience with a “real” Meteor application (BowFolios), and start developing a mockup of your final project.

Learning Outcomes

Design using Meteor Framework

You understand basic principles of Meteor: reactive variables, collections, publications, helpers, templates.
You can develop basic CRUD applications quickly and effectively.
You can implement authentication and authorization.
You can use extensions and templates: Semantic UI, Flow Router, meteor-application-template, meteor-example-form.

Competent with elementary Javascript

You can use basic Javascript constructs: variables, functions, conditionals, loops, arrays, objects.
You can implement object orientation using the ES6 class construct.
You can use the Underscore library to program in a functional manner.

Readings

Guided tour of the Meteor (Part 3) module

Why, what, how, and when you will learn about Meteor (Part 3)

Screencast 3 min

BowFolios

A functional final project template

BowFolios: User Interface

Learn about the BowFolios user interface

Screencast 5 min

BowFolios: Application Structure

Learn about the BowFolios application structure

Screencast 15 min

BowFolios: Authentication and Authorization

Learn about authentication and authorization in BowFolios

Screencast 8 min

BowFolios: Database Initialization

Learn about how BowFolios initializes its database

Screencast 13 min

Meteor mockup development tips

Common issues when creating your first application mockup

Experiential Learning

E49a: Experience BowFolios Enhancement

Learn how to manipulate BowFolios code

30 Oct 11:30 PM

E49b: Mockup Development with Meteor

Start prototyping your final project

02 Nov 11:30 PM

E49c: Mobile Apps in Meteor

Start prototyping your final project