Meteor, or MeteorJS, is a partly proprietary, mostly free and open-source isomorphic JavaScript web framework[3] written using Node.js. Meteor allows for rapid prototyping and produces cross-platform (Android, iOS, Web) code. The server-side MongoDB program is the only proprietary component of Meteor and is part of the Meteor download bundle. It is possible to use Meteor without using the server-side MongoDB. It 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 Bazel.
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| Developer(s) | Meteor Software |
|---|---|
| Initial release | January 20, 2012[1] |
| Stable release | 3.0[2] 
/ 22 July 2024 |
| Repository | Meteor Repository |
| Written in | JavaScript |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | JavaScript framework |
| License | MIT License. For dependencies: various including proprietary. |
| Website | www |
Meteor is developed by Meteor Software. The startup was incubated by Y Combinator[4] and received $11.2M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz in July 2012.[5] Meteor raised an additional $20M in Series B funding from Matrix Partners, Andreessen Horowitz and Trinity Ventures.[6] It intends to become profitable by offering Galaxy, an enterprise-grade hosting environment for Meteor applications.[7]
History
editHaving been in development for about eight months, Meteor was initially released in December 2011 under the name Skybreak.[8] By April 2012, the framework was renamed Meteor and officially launched.[9] 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,[9] Meteor steadily increased its user base. It 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,[10] Galaxy, a cloud platform for operating and managing Meteor applications,[11] and Kadira, a performance monitoring solution.[12] 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.[13]
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 October 2019, the Meteor.js open source framework and Galaxy Hosting Products were purchased by Tiny Capital and renamed Meteor Software.[14]
Distributed Data Protocol
editDistributed 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.[15] The DDP Specification is located on GitHub.[16]
Books
edit- Coleman, Tom; Greif, Sacha – Discover Meteor (2014)[17]
- Hochhaus, Stephan; Schoebel, Manuel – Meteor in Action (2014)[18]
- Müns, Philipp – Auditing Meteor Applications (2016)
- Strack, Isaac – Getting started with Meteor.js JavaScript framework (2012)[19]
- Susiripala, Arunoda – Bulletproof Meteor (2014)[20]
- Titarenco, David; Robinson, Josh; Gray, Aaron – Introducing Meteor (2015)[21]
- Susiripala, Arunoda – Meteor Explained – A Journey Into Meteor's Reactivity (2014)[22]
- Turnbull, David – Your First Meteor Application: A Complete Beginner's Guide to the Meteor JavaScript Framework (2014)[23]
Packages and tools
edit- InjectDetect – database injection attack detection[24]
- Vulcan.js – React/GraphQL stack built on top of Meteor[25]
- Apollo – GraphQL server with support for Meteor
- Meteor React Native - Package to integrate with React Native[26]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bump to version 0.1.1 · meteor/meteor@4e4358e". GitHub.
- ^ "Meteor.js 3 is officially here!". 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ Vanian, Jonathan (27 December 2014). "Meteor wants to be the warp drive for building real-time apps". Gigaom.
- ^ Tan, Garry. "Meteor (YC S11) raises $11.2M from Andreessen Horowitz and Matrix Partners to create the next Ruby on Rails". Y Combinator.
- ^ Finley, Klint (25 July 2012). "Andreessen Horowitz Keeps Eating The Software World With $11.2 Million Investment In JavaScript Framework Company Meteor". TechCrunch.
- ^ "Announcing our $20m Series B Funding – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Meteor's new $11.2 million development budget – Meteor Blog". meteor.com. 25 July 2012.
- ^ "Skybreak is now Meteor – Meteor Blog". meteor.com. 20 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Meteor: Etherpad Founder & Other Rockstars Team Up To Make Web App Development A Breeze – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. 11 April 2012.
- ^ Lardinois, Frederic (7 October 2014). "Meteor Acquires YC Alum FathomDB For Its Development Platform". TechCrunch.
- ^ DeBergalis, Matt (5 October 2015). "Announcing Meteor Galaxy". Meteor Blog. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "MDG acquires Kadira APM – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Meteor in 2017 – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Tiny Acquires Meteor". 26 January 2017.
- ^ "Introducing DDP". Retrieved 29 May 2013.
- ^ "DDP Specification". GitHub. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
- ^ Coleman, Tom; Grief, Sacha. Discover Meteor. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ^ 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". Meteorhacks.
- ^ Robinson, Josh (30 December 2015). Introducing Meteor. Gray, Aaron,, Titarenco, David. [Berkeley, CA]. ISBN 9781430268352. OCLC 934083393.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Susiripala, Arunoda. "Meteor Explained: A Journey Into Meteor's Reactivity". Meteorhacks.
- ^ Turnbull, David (30 July 2014). Your First Meteor Application.
- ^ "Inject Detect". www.injectdetect.com. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "VulcanJS: The full-stack React+GraphQL framework". vulcanjs.org. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "meteor-react-native". github.com. Retrieved 23 May 2021.