Meteor (web framework)

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Meteor
Developer(s) Meteor Software
Initial releaseJanuary 20, 2012;12 years ago (2012-01-20) [1]
Stable release
3.0 [2]   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg / 22 July 2024;5 months ago (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.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

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.

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Meteor uses JavaScript as its primary programming language, enabling developers to use a single language for both client-side and server-side code.[ citation needed ] This approach can streamline the development process for mobile applications by reducing the need for additional programming languages.[ citation needed ] On the client, Meteor can be used with any popular front-end JS framework.[ citation needed ]

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

Having 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

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. [15] The DDP Specification is located on GitHub. [16]

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  2. ↑ "Meteor.js 3 is officially here!". 22 July 2024. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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  4. ↑ Tan, Garry. "Meteor (YC S11) raises $11.2M from Andreessen Horowitz and Matrix Partners to create the next Ruby on Rails". Y Combinator.
  5. ↑ Finley, Klint (25 July 2012). "Andreessen Horowitz Keeps Eating The Software World With $11.2 Million Investment In JavaScript Framework Company Meteor". TechCrunch.
  6. ↑ "Announcing our $20m Series B Funding – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Meteor's new $11.2 million development budget – Meteor Blog". meteor.com. 25 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "Skybreak is now Meteor – Meteor Blog". meteor.com. 20 January 2012.
  9. 1 2 "Meteor: Etherpad Founder & Other Rockstars Team Up To Make Web App Development A Breeze – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. 11 April 2012.
  10. ↑ Lardinois, Frederic (7 October 2014). "Meteor Acquires YC Alum FathomDB For Its Development Platform". TechCrunch.
  11. ↑ DeBergalis, Matt (5 October 2015). "Announcing Meteor Galaxy". Meteor Blog. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "MDG acquires Kadira APM – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 24 March 2017. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  13. ↑ "Meteor in 2017 – Meteor Blog". Meteor Blog. 26 January 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
  14. ↑ "Tiny Acquires Meteor". 26 January 2017.
  15. ↑ "Introducing DDP" . Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  16. ↑ "DDP Specification". GitHub . Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  17. ↑ Coleman, Tom; Grief, Sacha. Discover Meteor. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
  18. ↑ Hochhaus, Stephan; Schoebel, Manuel (2014). Meteor in Action. Manning. ISBN   9781617292477.
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