Discover Meteor

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     * [Best JS Resources](best-js-resources.md)
     * [Basic Performance Testing](basic-performance-testing.md)
     * [Linked list](linked-list.md)
+    * [Discover Meteor](discover-meteor.md)
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 * [Programmer Skills](gitbook-chapter-headers/programmer-skills.md)
     * [Git Basics](git-basics.md) 

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+# Discover Meteor
+
+### What is Meteor.js?
+[Meteor](https://www.meteor.com/) is a platform for building web and mobile apps in pure JavaScript.
+
+"Meteor.js is a cohesive development platform, a collection of libraries and packages that are bound together in a tidy way to make web development easier". [Josh Owens](http://joshowens.me/what-is-meteor-js/)
+
+### How does Meteor work?
+![meteor0](images/meteor0.png)
+This is an image from [Matthew Platts](http://www.meteor-tutorial.org/book/overview) 
+
+### Install Meteor
+On OS X or Linux: 
+Type in the terminal
+```bash
+$ curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh
+```
+On OS X or Windows: 
+[Install the official Meteor installer](https://install.meteor.com/windows)
+
+### Create a Project
+
+After having installed Meteor, let's create a project, in your terminal type:
+```bash
+$ meteor create the-name-of-your-app
+```
+
+Now you can run your app locally:
+```bash
+$ cd the-name-of-your-app
+$ meteor
+```
+To see your project you can open a browser and go to [http://localhost:3000/](http://localhost:3000/)
+
+![meteor1](images/meteor1.png)
+
+### Tutorial 1 - Create your First Meteor App
+
+In this [tutorial](http://meteortips.com/first-meteor-tutorial/projects/) you can create a Leaderboard application and understand how meteor work.
+This is what you will build.
+[This is what you will build.](http://leaderboard2.meteor.com/)
+
+
+### Tutorial 2 - Create your Second Meteor App
+
+In this [other tutorial](https://www.meteor.com/tutorials/blaze/creating-an-app) you can create a To Do app.
+This is what you will build.
+![meteor2](images/meteor2.png)
+
+## Structuring your Meteor Application
+Meteor doesn’t enforce a precise file structure. You have several option about how to structure a project, here are a few:
+
+- [Iron - a command line scaffolding tool for Meteor applications. It automatically creates project structure, files and boilerplate code.](https://github.com/iron-meteor/iron-cli)
+- [Meteor Boilerplate by Matteodem - This boilerplate gives you a starting point for your meteor projects](https://github.com/matteodem/meteor-boilerplate)
+- [Void by Sacha Greif](https://github.com/SachaG/Void)
+- [Documentation](http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/structuringyourapp)
+
+## References and Additional Resources
+
+Tutorials
+
+- [Create your first meteor app](https://www.meteor.com/tutorials/blaze/creating-an-app)
+- [An app made with meteor](https://tmc-011-demo.meteor.com/) - This app allows you order a pizza in a few minutes and you can also customize your own pizza. Here is a [tutorial for the Pizza app](https://themeteorchef.com/recipes/building-complex-forms/).
+- [The Meteor Chef - In-depth tutorials that help you implement functionality in your Meteor application](https://themeteorchef.com/)
+
+Books
+
+- [Discover Meteor](https://www.discovermeteor.com/)
+
+Online Courses & Videos
+
+- [Coursera Course - Introduction to Meteor.js Development](https://www.coursera.org/learn/meteor-development?utm_campaign=Adoption%3A+Developer&utm_source=hs_automation&utm_medium=email&utm_content=22578294&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--5qcwXKvjh26WXEcIsUXaWI_48bvCHsmcZkmpzu0MG9iifmHQZvEEUpyJVfYuUGVeofpMlWpJzlVQf_RGbiJF5xEQjIw&_hsmi=22578515)
+- [Meteor For Everyone Tutorials - Youtube Videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLnpHn493BHECNl9I8gwos-hEfFrer7TV) 
+