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Meteor 1.1 Released – Now Supporting Microsoft Windows and MongoDB 3.0

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Re: Meteor 1.1 Released – Now Supporting Microsoft Windows and MongoDB 3.0

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Post by bmajz »

callmeed wrote: post #3

I'm curious what startups or big companies are using Meteor in production

While we're not a big startup, we are using Meteor in production (https://www.getsubcurrent.com).

We picked it because it enabled us to move much faster than anything we had used in the past and while it has issues that I foresee being problematic, it seems premature to optimize for them. The Meteor team is doing a great job maintaining compatibility and not forcing us developers on to make any changes to our apps as they're rolling out exciting new stuff. Granted, I did jump on when the platform was (relatively) mature late last year.

Very happy with decision so far and looking forward to building more stuff on their platform!

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Post by chadkruse »

pandatigox wrote: post #4
callmeed wrote: post #3

I'm curious what startups or big companies are using Meteor in production

I'm pretty curious too. I've heard and tried Meteor but looks only ideal for creating quick weekend webapps, not something used for production.

Here's a reasonably recent list of production Meteor apps: http://www.quora.com/Which-startups-use-Meteor-in-production

IMHO, one of the often overlooked use cases for Meteor is rapid-prototyping. If anyone remembers DHH's video 10 years ago demonstrating Rails' scaffolding [0], Meteor is the 2015 version.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gzj723LkRJY

Re: Meteor 1.1 Released – Now Supporting Microsoft Windows and MongoDB 3.0

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Post by jtolla »

bmajz wrote: post #12
tomcam wrote: post #6

Responsive SQL, please!

Definitely my biggest current beef with Meteor. It seems technically possible and I understand why they would go with Mongo first, so hopefully its just a matter of time.

It is a matter of time: https://trello.com/b/hjBDflxp/meteor-roadmap

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Post by sebastianconcpt »

Meteor is great, I can't create a web app with other stacks faster than with Meteor.

My record was saving the day with a demo in less than 1 hour.

I'm glad is more mature.

The only thing I miss is Postgres as alternative to MongoDB.

Mongo is really comfortable but some projects needs Postgres badassness.

Should be doable for Meteor's team since Postgres is now super friendly to JSON. I guess the main challenge is in the SQL support because is a beast in itself. But starting small with a MiniSQL API at the frontend would be totally fine.

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Post by bmajz »

jtolla wrote: post #16
bmajz wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Definitely my biggest current beef with Meteor. It seems technically possible and I understand why they would go with Mongo first, so hopefully its just a matter of time.

It is a matter of time: https://trello.com/b/hjBDflxp/meteor-roadmap

Yeah, I guess I should've stated a reasonable/known amount of time :)

Re: Meteor 1.1 Released – Now Supporting Microsoft Windows and MongoDB 3.0

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Post by lordbusiness »

DigitalSea wrote: post #10

I think I might give Meteor a shot. For a long time I have been working with AngularJS and Node.js. Recently I have been working exclusively with React.js + Flux and Node.js to build isomorphic web applications. I like the fact Meteor is isomorphic by default and comes with everything you need. I have always somewhat seen it as this outlier, a great looking framework but lacking the same vocality that Facebook and Go…

The tooling is where Meteor really shines. I must admit I found React to be quite cumbersome to get off the ground, in contrast Meteor is pure bliss.

It hasn't all been roses; I've had plenty of obstacles to overcome as I've learnt the framework, its capabilities and its limitations, but the community has been helpful and I can honestly say that working with Meteor is on the whole very slick.

https://atmospherejs.com/ is your close friend. Iron Router is a very, very close friend.

Good luck!

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