Those who like to build to Meteor-like apps while keeping Node's modularity and npm should check out Derbyjs, SocketStream, FlatItron, Express paired with Backbone/Amber/Angular and Airbnb's upcoming Rendr.
Most allow also to opt for a server-side rendering and mix it with real-time features which is good for SEO (check out Airbnb's new mobile site).
As someone who has tooled around with Meteor a bit, and also digging into the other platforms (although I haven't messed with FlatIron yet, despite being a Nodejitsu customer/fan), I think Meteor has a huge sweet spot in the Enterprise world. It really does abstract a huge amount in a way that is very un-Node, but that has some great pros when it comes to time saving. It is unbelievable how quickly a professional app with authentication, bootstrap, email (integration with mailgun out of the box, or your own) can be built. A lot of times in my day job as a data analyst, I just need to quickly get a tool deployed for my team to work with, and I'm not trying to be "pure" and worry about being able to npm install the latest MongoDB to Postgres synchronization module, or something like it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very excited about where Rendr will go when they finally get it ready for prime time, and I'm trying to get more comfortable with Backbone in preparation for it. But the ease with which I was able to quickly build something in Meteor makes a stark contrast with what I'm having to do with Backbone/Express combo.
Do you happen to have any resources on them? I have been looking around for the past few days and it's hard to find something that seems to teach best practices and not 'hey let's copy the code for a todo app and not tell you what's going on'
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Those who like to build to Meteor-like apps while keeping Node's modularity and npm should check out Derbyjs, SocketStream, FlatItron, Express paired with Backbone/Amber/Angular and Airbnb's upcoming Rendr.
Most allow also to opt for a server-side rendering and mix it with real-time features which is good for SEO (check out Airbnb's new mobile site).
As someone who has tooled around with Meteor a bit, and also digging into the other platforms (although I haven't messed with FlatIron yet, despite being a Nodejitsu customer/fan), I think Meteor has a huge sweet spot in the Enterprise world. It really does abstract a huge amount in a way that is very un-Node, but that has some great pros when it comes to time saving. It is unbelievable how quickly a professional app with authentication, bootstrap, email (integration with mailgun out of the box, or your own) can be built. A lot of times in my day job as a data analyst, I just need to quickly get a tool deployed for my team to work with, and I'm not trying to be "pure" and worry about being able to npm install the latest MongoDB to Postgres synchronization module, or something like it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm very excited about where Rendr will go when they finally get it ready for prime time, and I'm trying to get more comfortable with Backbone in preparation for it. But the ease with which I was able to quickly build something in Meteor makes a stark contrast with what I'm having to do with Backbone/Express combo.
Jesus. Is it bad that I recognize exactly two of those proper nouns?
Single-page apps will be all the rage in the upcoming years, so I'd get familiar with one of them (I prefer Ember, has been renamed from Amber).
Do you happen to have any resources on them? I have been looking around for the past few days and it's hard to find something that seems to teach best practices and not 'hey let's copy the code for a todo app and not tell you what's going on'
I thought they were all the rage 5 years ago. :(
also sharejs.