E44: Meteor Hello World

The goal of this experience is to practice our “standard practice” for working with Meteor:

• Create a GitHub repo.
• Create and edit a Meteor app inside an app/ subdirectory in your local filespace.
• Commit your app to GitHub.

Install Meteor

First, you need to install Meteor.

Be sure to check the Meteor, Node, and NPM tips reading for helpful hints.

Demonstration

First, watch me do it:

Your turn

Now, try it yourself:

1. Create a GitHub repo called “meteor-hello-world”.

2. Clone it to your local file space.

3. cd into your local meteor-hello-world directory.

4. Use meteor create meteor-hello-world to create an app called “meteor-hello-world” inside your repo.

5. Change the name of the meteor-hello-world subdirectory to app/.

6. cd into the app/ directory, run ‘meteor npm install’ and ‘meteor run’ to run the app. Go to http://localhost:3000 to see the app.

7. Create an IntelliJ project called “meteor-hello-world” that points to your repo.

8. Edit the top-level template and check to see that Meteor restarts and refreshes the page automatically.

9. Commit your project to GitHub.

10. Check to see that your project is saved on GitHub.

Submission instructions

By the time and date indicated on the Schedule page, submit this assignment via Laulima.

Your submission should contain a link to the GitHub repository you created. Make sure you include the complete URL so that I can click on it in my mailer. Note: the final commit to this repo must have been made before the submission time and date, otherwise you will not receive credit for this assignment.

You must now grant read access to this repo to the TA for your section. To do this:

• Retrieve your repository in a browser, then click on “Settings”. Depending upon the GitHub UI you are provided, you’ll then click on either “Collaborators” or “Manage Access”. Let us know if you can’t find either of these.
• Search for “bsogata”, then click “Add collaborator”.