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

Meteor DevTools Evolved

An essential Chrome plugin for Meteor development

Screencast 12 min

Final Project Brainstorm

Develop a Final Project idea

04 Nov 12:00 PM

Experiential Learning

E49: Digits, Part 1

Create Landing page mockup

31 Oct 11:30 PM

E50: Digits, Part 2

Create List Contacts page mockup

02 Nov 11:30 PM

E51: Digits, Part 3

Create Contact collection

04 Nov 11:30 PM

E52: Digits, Part 4

Create AddContact and EditContact pages

06 Nov 11:30 PM

E53: Digits, Part 5

Create Notes

08 Nov 11:30 PM

E54: Digits, Part 6

Clean up and write simple documentation

10 Nov 11:30 PM