Meteor Cookbook

This book provides you with easy access to clear, comprehensive recipes that you ll need to rapidly build complete, functional Meteor applications. This book is intended for JavaScript developers who want to sharpen their Meteor development skills, or who need a quick reference that provides concise, step-by-step examples of the most common (and useful) Meteor techniques. Whether you are new to Meteor or consider yourself an expert, the recipes in this book will help improve the quality of your code and the cadence of your development, and will increase your understanding of reactive, isomorphic application development. Familiarity with basic programming concepts and with some of the more modern JavaScript frameworks is encouraged.

Isaac Strack

Isaac Strack is a speaker, author, inventor, technologist, and a strong advocate of STEM education. With over 15 years of experience in Management Information Systems (MIS) and web/mobile technologies, he enjoys discovering and applying new technologies to make our lives more enjoyable and productive. An early adopter of Meteor, Isaac is the author of Getting Started With Meteor.js JavaScript Framework, Packt Publishing, and the recently released video series Learning Meteor Application Development, Packt Publishing. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Wasatch Institute of Technology (http://wasatchinstitute.net), one of Utah's newest and most innovative high schools, employing a project-based, agile teaching methodology known as Next Generation Education. When he isn't poking around new JavaScript frameworks, advocating more and better STEM education in the state of Utah, or playing a mean game of mediocre middle-aged soccer, Isaac is at home with his amazing wife, Kirsten, and his four daughters, one of whom will most certainly rule the world (our money is on the youngest).