Module: Application Design (Meteor), Part 3

Learn how to build “Digits”, a multi-user, multi-role, interactive web application using Meteor, MongoDB, React, Semantic UI, IntelliJ, and GitHub.

Learning Outcomes

Design using Meteor Framework

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

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 5 min

Meteor Debugging Strategies

High level approaches for debugging a Meteor application

AMA: Branden Ogata on Meteor

Branden answers your questions on Meteor from Spring, 2019

Ask Me Anything

Meteor Guide: Introduction

About Meteor

Reference

Meteor Guide: Code Style

Suggested style guidelines for your code

Reference

Meteor Guide: Collections and Schemas

How to define, use, and maintain MongoDB collections in Meteor.

Reference

Meteor Guide: Publications and Data Loading

How and where to load data in your Meteor app using publications and subscriptions.

Reference

Experiential Learning

E49: Digits, Part 1

Create Landing page mockup

02 Nov 11:30 PM

E50: Digits, Part 2

Create List Contacts page mockup

04 Nov 11:30 PM

E51: Digits, Part 3

Create Contact collection

06 Nov 11:30 PM

E52: Digits, Part 4

Create AddContact and EditContact pages

08 Nov 11:30 PM

E53: Digits, Part 5

Create Notes

10 Nov 11:30 PM

E54: Digits, Part 6

Clean up and write simple documentation

12 Nov 11:30 PM