Software:Meteor (web framework)
Developer(s) | Meteor Software |
---|---|
Initial release | January 20, 2012[1] |
Stable release | |
Repository | Meteor Repository |
Written in | JavaScript |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | JavaScript framework |
License | MIT License |
Website | {{{1}}} |
Meteor, or MeteorJS, is a free and open-source isomorphic JavaScript web framework[2] written using Node.js. Meteor allows for rapid prototyping and produces cross-platform (Android, iOS, Web) code. It integrates with MongoDB and uses the Distributed Data Protocol and a publish–subscribe pattern to automatically propagate data changes to clients without requiring the developer to write any synchronization code. On the client, Meteor can be used with any popular front-end JS framework, Vue, React, Svelte, Angular, or Blaze.
Meteor is developed by Meteor Software. The startup was incubated by Y Combinator[3] and received $11.2M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz in July 2012.[4] Meteor raised an additional $20M in Series B funding from Matrix Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Trinity Ventures.[5] It intends to become profitable by offering Galaxy, an enterprise-grade hosting environment for Meteor applications.[6]
History
Having been in development for about 8 months, Meteor was initially released in December 2011 under the name Skybreak.[7] By April 2012, the framework was renamed Meteor and officially launched.[8] During the next few months, and with the help of large investments from Andreessen Horowitz and endorsements from high-profile figures in the startup world,[8] Meteor steadily increased its user base and became more commonly used in production apps and websites.
Particularly after receiving large amounts of venture capital in its Series B funding round, Meteor acquired and integrated several other startups into its core product. Acquisitions have included FathomDB, a cloud database startup,[9] Galaxy, a cloud platform for operating and managing Meteor applications,[10] and Kadira, a performance monitoring solution.[11] Meteor has successfully monetized its userbase: In 2016, Meteor beat its own revenue goals by 30% by offering web hosting for Meteor apps through Galaxy.[12]
From 2016 the Meteor Development Group (the open source organisation powering Meteor) started working on a new backend layer based on GraphQL to gradually replace their pub/sub system, largely isolated in the whole node.js ecosystem: the Apollo framework.
In 2019, the Meteor framework and Galaxy Hosting Products were purchased by Tiny Capital. and renamed Meteor Software.
Distributed Data Protocol
Distributed Data Protocol (or DDP) is a client-server protocol for querying and updating a server-side database and for synchronizing such updates among clients. It uses the publish-subscribe messaging pattern. It was created for use by the Meteor JavaScript framework.[13] The DDP Specification is located on GitHub.[14]
Books
- Coleman, Tom; Greif, Sacha - Discover Meteor (2014)[15]
- Hochhaus, Stephan; Schoebel, Manuel - Meteor in Action (2014)[16]
- Müns, Philipp - Auditing Meteor Applications (2016)
- Strack, Isaac - Getting started with Meteor.js JavaScript framework (2012)[17]
- Susiripala, Arunoda - Bulletproof Meteor (2014)[18]
- Titarenco, David; Robinson, Josh; Gray, Aaron - Introducing Meteor (2015)[19]
- Susiripala, Arunoda - Meteor Explained - A Journey Into Meteor's Reactivity (2014)[20]
- Turnbull, David - Your First Meteor Application: A Complete Beginner's Guide to the Meteor JavaScript Framework (2014)[21]
Packages and Tools
- Meteor Toys - in-app development tools [22]
- Meteor Candy - in-app admin panel [23]
- InjectDetect - database injection attack detection [24]
- Vulcan.js - React/GraphQL stack built on top of Meteor [25]
- Apollo - GraphQL server with support for Meteor
References
- ↑ "Bump to version 0.1.1 · meteor/meteor@4e4358e". https://github.com/meteor/meteor/commit/4e4358e2c068ffd0c0bc565bb2a9438c68bab7fb.
- ↑ Vanian, Jonathan (27 December 2014). "Meteor wants to be the warp drive for building real-time apps". Gigaom. https://gigaom.com/2014/12/27/meteor-wants-to-be-the-warp-drive-for-building-real-time-apps/.
- ↑ Tan, Garry. "Meteor (YC S11) raises $11.2M from Andreessen Horowitz and Matrix Partners to create the next Ruby on Rails". Y Combinator. http://blog.ycombinator.com/meteor-yc-s11-raises-112m-from-andreessen-hor.
- ↑ Finley, Klint (2012-07-25). "Andreessen Horowitz Keeps Eating The Software World With $11.2 Million Investment In JavaScript Framework Company Meteor". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2012/07/25/andreessen-horowitz-keeps-eating-the-software-world-with-11-2-million-investment-in-javascript-framework-company-meteor/.
- ↑ "Announcing our $20m Series B Funding – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 2015-05-19. https://blog.meteor.com/announcing-our-20m-series-b-funding-49dcfd3c3c6f.
- ↑ "Meteor's new $11.2 million development budget – Meteor Blog". 25 July 2012. https://blog.meteor.com/meteors-new-11-2-million-development-budget-7370586949e7.
- ↑ "Skybreak is now Meteor – Meteor Blog". 20 January 2012. http://meteor.com/blog/2012/01/20/skybreak-is-now-meteor.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Meteor: Etherpad Founder & Other Rockstars Team Up To Make Web App Development A Breeze – TechCrunch". https://techcrunch.com/2012/04/11/meteor-launch/.
- ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (2014-10-07). "Meteor Acquires YC Alum FathomDB For Its Development Platform". TechCrunch. https://techcrunch.com/2014/10/07/meteor-acquires-yc-alum-fathomdb-for-its-web-development-platform/.
- ↑ DeBergalis, Matt (2015-10-05). "Announcing Meteor Galaxy". Meteor Blog. https://blog.meteor.com/announcing-meteor-galaxy-39c652c9ae69#.zhotzbjz3.
- ↑ "MDG acquires Kadira APM – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 2017-03-24. https://blog.meteor.com/mdg-acquires-kadira-apm-96dfb3167fe5.
- ↑ "Meteor in 2017 – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 2017-01-26. https://blog.meteor.com/meteor-in-2017-ad92d777c12d.
- ↑ "Introducing DDP". http://meteor.com/blog/2012/03/21/introducing-ddp. Retrieved 2013-05-29.
- ↑ "DDP Specification". https://github.com/meteor/meteor/blob/master/packages/ddp/DDP.md. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
- ↑ Coleman, Tom; Grief, Sacha. Discover Meteor. https://www.discovermeteor.com/. Retrieved 2015-02-02.
- ↑ Hochhaus, Stephan; Schoebel, Manuel (2014). Meteor in Action. Manning. ISBN 9781617292477.
- ↑ Strack, Isaac (2012). Getting started with Meteor.js JavaScript framework (New ed.). Birmingham, UK: Packt Pub.. ISBN 978-1782160823.
- ↑ Susiripala, Arunoda. "Bulletproof Meteor". https://bulletproofmeteor.com/.
- ↑ Robinson, Josh (2015-12-30). Introducing Meteor. Gray, Aaron,, Titarenco, David. [Berkeley, CA]. ISBN 9781430268352. OCLC 934083393.
- ↑ Susiripala, Arunoda. "Meteor Explained - A Journey Into Meteor's Reactivity". https://gumroad.com/l/meteor-explained.
- ↑ Turnbull, David (30 July 2014). Your First Meteor Application. http://meteortips.com/book/.
- ↑ "Meteor Toys". http://meteor.toys.
- ↑ "Meteor Candy, the Admin Panel for Your Meteor.js App". https://www.meteorcandy.com.
- ↑ "Inject Detect". http://www.injectdetect.com/.
- ↑ "VulcanJS: The full-stack React+GraphQL framework" (in en). http://vulcanjs.org/.
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