At Meteor Software, we are committed to keeping our community informed and connected with the latest advancements. The MeteorJS Newsletter is an excellent way to stay updated on recent announcements, product updates, and success stories within the Meteor community. Introducing Meteor 3.0 Beta 7 We recently announced the launch of Meteor 3.0 beta 7. This update brings improvements and new features designed to enhance the development experience within the framework. One of the significant changes is the addition of a new installer, npx meteor@beta, adopted due to changes in npm. Commu ..read more

Team SUS-GAWKY took the silver medal in the 2022 Meteor Hackathon. Hear how these 5 university students plan to create impact via their app CarbonZero now: Early morning classes, late-night cramming sessions, and unexpected shenanigans typify the average university experience. But taking second place in a global hackathon? That’s an experience very few can claim, and the five students from Team SUS-GAWKY are now in that elite circle. These friends from the University of Hawaii at Mānoa blew us away with their app during the 2022 Meteor Hackathon. So we’re super excited to share what they ..read more

The 3-person De-Central Budapest team built “the eBay of altruism” for the 2022 Meteor Hackathon. See why their impressive app alTRUE won 3rd place now: [image source] Can we use a decentralized, open-source platform to conquer global scarcity and boost sustainability? That’s what Team De-Central Budapest ventured to find out. They believe society can’t continue when rampant human consumption and wasted resources threaten mass extinctions across the planet. According to them, independent communities provide bottom-up solutions to these needs. They’re the foundation for resilien ..read more

[image source: Apify] The web is the largest and most important source of information ever created by humankind. But since it was designed for people, computers and automated systems can’t easily gather or automatically understand all that data. So if someone wants to compare stock prices, product details, or hotel rates, they may spend hours gathering and translating this intel on their own. Bad news? This task isn’t just tedious and labor-intensive; it’s also prone to human errors. That’s why web scrapers like Apify “make the web work for you.” Web scraping is the process ..read more

Meteor has comprehensive documentation, tutorials using different front-end frameworks, example repositories, a discussion forum, and a Slack community. These resources serve both beginners and advanced programmers. But when you are using Meteor for the first time, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and not know how to get help when you are stuck. What is Meteor? Meteor is a full-stack JavaScript framework for building modern web and mobile applications. It offers you a way to develop in JavaScript only, in the application server, web browser, and mobile device. The first step to usi ..read more

Azumuta digitizes shop floor operations & eliminates paperwork with an integrated SaaS platform & mobile app built with Meteor. Here’s why they became #1: [image source: Azumuta] The digital revolution in shop floor operations is rapidly boosting factory productivity and production quality across the board. And we’re here for it! Today’s ever-advancing software and connected digital tools eliminate the use of paperwork, collect and report real-time data, and provide actionable insights into shop floor performance. Azumuta is a fully-integrated SaaS platform for shop flo ..read more

The AI-powered feedback tool Roti.express developed with Meteor improves the value of meetings and conferences, so teams get more out of them. See how now: [image source] Have you ever left a meeting feeling less productive? Or, worse, that the entire meeting could have been summed up in an email or Slack message? The co-founders of French startup Roti.express feel your pain and never want that to happen again. According to the duo, “Meeting Mania” is rampant in many companies yet causes a considerable loss of time and efficiency. Rather than solving problems, ineffective meeti ..read more

NFT Marketplace built with Meteor It is finally here! An NFT marketplace app built with Meteor. This app is for demonstration purposes only and is based on Nader Dabit’s tutorial about creating an NFT marketplace. The idea was to replicate his final app using Meteor instead of Next.js as the framework while adding new functionalities. We added a details page for each item and sort/filter options for the items list. We wanted to develop something that will help new developers looking to learn Meteor in a fun way, building something cool along the way. Overview The application allows y ..read more