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Meteor is an open source framework for seamlessly building and deploying Web, Mobile, and Desktop applications in Javascript.
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install Meteor

npm install -g meteor

yarn install -g meteor
need npm? install it via node-volume-manager (nvm)

create new bare meteor project

will create a folder called src in the current working directory 

meteor create --bare src

To start with a different app template, try one of the following: 

 meteor create --bare       # to create an empty app
 meteor create --minimal    # to create an app with as few Meteor packages as possible
 meteor create --full       # to create a more complete scaffolded app
 meteor create --react      # to create a basic React-based app
 meteor create --vue        # to create a basic Vue-based app
 meteor create --apollo     # to create a basic Apollo + React app
 meteor create --svelte     # to create a basic Svelte app
 meteor create --typescript # to create an app using TypeScript and React
 meteor create --blaze      # to create an app using Blaze

use a koad:io skeleton

only use a --bare project when using a skeleton.

copy the PWA skeleton to override aspects of the --bare project. 

meteor create --bare src && \
cp -Rf ~/.koad-io/skeletons/progressive/* ./

use your entity to create this same setup in the usual place 

alice create site --progressive example.koad.sh

opt out of mongodb (production)

Meteor will automatically spawn a mongodb in the .meteor/local folder of your project when you are developing it but a built project in production needs MONGO_URL to be set.

If you want to run meteor without a mongodb (accounts and live data won't work), or maybe use a different DB for these things (advanced af).

Good for...

  1. simple sites that don't have login,
  2. serverside done in-memory only (mongodb in-memory collections, never calling an actual DB).
  3. that use a different meteor server's via DDP.

issues/31

export MONGO_URL=false

file specific cheatsheets

file: src/.meteor/packages
file: .env

install meteor - www.meteor.com/developers/install
documentation - docs.meteor.com/install.html
api documentation - docs.meteor.com/api/core.html
cli documentation - docs.meteor.com/commandline.html
environment variables - docs.meteor.com/environment-variables.html

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