MeteorJS and its advantages over Angular

Meteor or MeteorJS is a free and open-source JavaScript (JS) web framework. It's written using Node.js, a full-stack JavaScript platform for developing modern web and mobile applications.  

It's a collection of libraries and packages, bound together. MeteorJS allows for rapid prototyping and produces cross-platform code such as Android, iOS, Web.

Meteor is developed by the Meteor Development Group. The startup was incubated by Y Combinator and received $11.2M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz in July 2012. Meteor raised an additional $20M in Series B funding from Matrix Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and Trinity Ventures. It intends to become profitable by offering Galaxy, an enterprise-grade hosting environment for Meteor applications.

The MeteorJS framework 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 its own Blaze templating engine, as well as with the Angular or React frameworks.

Essentially, it makes web development easier and faster. It’s flexible and requires less code. Means fewer bugs and typically higher quality and more stable end result.

So what are the top things that make this framework more approachable and pleasant?

It's fast

With JavaScript on the front-end and back-end, plus smart packages, Meteor allows you to develop faster. This makes it a go-to for startups and others trying to get a product out the door quickly.

Applications are real-time by default

Meteor has real-time built into its core. When the database is updated, the data in your templates are updated. When a user clicks a button or submits a form, the action occurs immediately.

A full stack JS framework

Meteor uses Javascript both on the server and client sides. That's the reason why Meteor sometimes referred to as a full stack JS framework as well. The code runs both on the server-side and client-side unless you explicitly state the side you want your code to run it. Client side and server sides share the same APIs.

Use just one language

Meteor is allowing you to build and manage the front-end, back-end, and the database with nothing but JavaScript. JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. It has many use-cases, and many developers are already familiar with it.

Easy to learn

The best part of Meteor is, it is easy to learn. A Meteor code which is capable of doing very sophisticated jobs can be developed by the ease and in a fraction of the time and effort what otherwise to implement the same thing would take by some other methods.

Build in smart packages and tools

Meteor adds built-in “smart packages” to the project. The particular package creates an accounts system that expects an email (or username) and password. Meteor packages make it simple to add features such as User accounts, Javascript libraries like React, Extras like Bootstrap or Stylus, and more. There is an entire website dedicated to Meteor package management. There are libraries like Tracker and Blaze that the Meteor Development Group has built specifically for a reactive front-end experience.

Beginner friendly

Meteor is one of the easiest frameworks for beginners to learn. You don’t need prior experience with making web applications. You might not grasp all of the concepts right away but that won’t stop you from enjoying the practical side of things.

Community

Meteor’s community is already one of its greatest assets. There’s a ton of helpful resources that have spawned from people’s love of the framework. There are Meteor Meetups in over 75 countries around the world, and in 217 cities. There are tons of blogs, resources, and even online learning platforms have emerged to discuss and teach the platform.

Future

The web is becoming a real-time environment. The need for real-time friendly applications is increasing. The tools that allow small teams and individual developers to make real-time applications quickly and easily - on demand. And Meteor is amongst the first wave of these tools and it's all in one approach makes it a big player in the coming years.

 

In the world of frameworks, there are pros and cons. When a programmer chooses a framework over another, it means that it fits the specific expectations for the app.

So, let's figure out Meteor vs Angular.

• The programmers may develop IT products only in JavaScript that helps to save time and energy.

• Its built-in integration with Apache Cordova suggests significant business benefit.

• It integrates with React, Angular, and Node.js, Cordova and MongoDB.

• It's a free framework with a huge number of participants on GitHub.

• Meteor helps to develop reactive and smaller, applications on the Node.js platform.

• There are more than 40000 websites using Meteor.

• You can easily deploy your Meteor applications to the cloud with its subscription-based cloud deployment service, Galaxy.

• This framework is a good fit for real-time applications.

• One of the built-in frameworks is Blaze which is a better comparison to Angular.

• Meteor is extremely extensible by adding packages from Atmosphere, NPM & even Bower.

• Meteor is reactive on the back-end and front-end! Something Angular could never do since it is a front-end only framework.

• Angular is in the browser, while Meteor is in the server and browser.

• Angular wants to control your UI, Meteor wants to control your whole app.

• Angular has no command line tool like Meteor.