You're reading from Meteor Cookbook Build elegant full-stack web applications with Meteor, the JavaScript framework that's redefining web development

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783280292

Length 364 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

JavaScript

Tools

Meteor

Concepts

Server Side Web Development

Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Preface

What this book covers
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Sections
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support

1. Optimizing Your Workflow

Introduction
Installing Meteor
Finding documentation for Meteor
Getting help with questions
Setting up your project file structure
Setting up your development environment
Using the web console
Deploying a test app to Meteor
Deploying to Meteor using a CNAME redirect
Deploying to a custom hosted environment
Deploying with Meteor Up (MUP)
Using CoffeeScript
Using CSS compilers

2. Customizing with Packages FREE CHAPTER

Introduction
Adding Meteor packages
Removing Meteor packages
Discovering new packages with Atmosphere
Creating a multipage application with Iron Router
Building a custom package
Using npm modules
Publishing custom packages to Atmosphere

3. Building Great User Interfaces

Introduction
Inserting templates with Spacebars
Inserting raw HTML using triple braces
Creating dynamic lists
Building a smooth interface with Bootstrap
Creating customized global helpers
Creating custom components
Using reactivity with HTML attributes
Using dynamic templates
Animating DOM elements

4. Creating Models

Introduction
Implementing a simple collection
Using the Session object
Sorting with MongoDB queries
Filtering with MongoDB queries
Creating upsert MongoDB queries
Implementing a partial collection

5. Implementing DDP

Introduction
Reading the DDP stream
Using client-only collections
Implementing multiserver DDP
Integrating DDP with other technologies

6. Mastering Reactivity

Introduction
Creating and consuming a reactive value
Using Ajax query results in ReactiveVar
Making a custom library reactive
Updating Blaze templates without Mongo
Using inline data to modify UI elements reactively
Integrating a jQuery UI

7. Using Client Methods

Introduction
Creating dynamic graphs with SVG and Ajax
Using the HTML FileReader to upload images
Creating a coloring book with the Canvas element

8. Integrating Third-party Libraries

Introduction
Using npm packages directly
Building graphs with D3.js
Creating cutting-edge UIs with Polymer

9. Securing Your Application

Introduction
Basic safety – turning off autopublish
Basic safety – removing insecure
Securing data transactions with allow and deny
Hiding data with façades
Protecting the client with browser-policy

10. Working with Accounts

Introduction
Implementing OAuth accounts packages
Customizing the accounts login
Performing two-factor authentication

11. Leveraging Advanced Features

Introduction
Building custom server methods
Creating custom EJSON objects
Handling asynchronous events
Using asynchronous functions

12. Creating Useful Projects

Introduction
Creating RESTful web services
Creating a complete app with Iron Router
Deploying apps to mobile devices
Adding social sharing

Index

Chapter 4. Creating Models

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Implementing a simple collection
Using the Session object
Sorting with MongoDB queries
Filtering with MongoDB queries
Creating upsert MongoDB queries
Implementing a partial collection

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Table of Contents (14) Chapters

Chapter 4. Creating Models

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