Introduction

The package system in Meteor makes your development life much easier. It also speaks to one of Meteor's core principles—modular development. If you want to use the entire default Meteor stack, great! If you don't like a particular part and want to swap it out with a third-party package, great! It's completely up to you. Meteor allows you to quickly add and remove functionality, use the latest code shared by others, and create your own reusable code segments. This chapter will provide you with the recipes needed to take full advantage of the Meteor packages system.