About this course: In this course, you will learn how to create a complete, multi-user web site using the Meteor.js framework and MongoDB. You will implement user authentication, security features, reactive templates and routing using iron router. You will carry out key database operations such as inserting, removing and updating data as well as sorting and filtering. You will see how a complete application can be built, line by line. At the end of the course, you will be able to: 1. Install the Meteor.js system and create a web application 2. Work with the Meteor.js packaging system 3. Write Meteor.js templates that can reactively display data 4. Use insert, remove and update operations on MongoDB 5. Write MongoDB data filters to search for and sort data 6 .Add user authentication functionality to a website 7. Control what is displayed on the page using iron:router 8. Implement basic security features In this course, you will complete: 1 server install assignment taking ~1 hour to complete 1 programming assignment taking ~8 hours to complete 4 quizzes, each taking ~20 minutes to complete multiple practice quizzes, each taking ~5 minutes to complete Prerequisites This course is designed to build on top of the material delivered in the previous two courses in this specialisation. Therefore, we recommend that if you find this course too technically challenging that you first complete the previous courses before re-commencing this one. Specifically, we expect you to be able to code basic HTML, CSS and Javascript before you take this course. Participation in or completion of this online course will not confer academic credit for University of London programmes
Created by: University of London, Goldsmiths, University of London
Taught by: Dr Matthew Yee-King, Lecturer
Computing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London
| Basic Info | Course 3 of 6 in the Responsive Website Development and Design Specialization |
| Commitment | 4 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
| User Ratings |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Introduction to Meteor.js Development course overview
Welcome to 'Introduction to Meteor.js Development'! In this course, you will learn how to create a complete, multi-user web site using the Meteor.js framework and MongoDB. You will implement user authentication, security features, reactive templates and routing using iron router. You will also carry out key database operations such as inserting, removing and updating data as well as sorting and filtering. Finally, you will see how a complete application can be built, line by line. I hope you enjoy the course!
1 video, 4 readings, 1 practice quiz
- Reading: Guidance for the prerequisite quiz
- Practice Quiz: Prerequisite quiz
- Video: Overview
- Reading: Course outline
- Reading: Grading and assessment information
- Reading: Why meteor?
Introduction to Meteor
Welcome to the first module of 'Introduction to Meteor.js Development'! In this module we'll be installing Meteor tools, editing a template and learning how to define a template helper and template event listeners. I hope you enjoy this module!
8 videos, 5 readings, 6 practice quizzes
- Video: Overview
- Reading: URL for this module
- Reading: Code for this module
- Video: From one to many users
- Practice Quiz: From one to many users
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Install Meteor
- Practice Quiz: Install Meteor
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Editing a template
- Practice Quiz: Editing a template
- Video: Sending data to templates with helpers
- Practice Quiz: Sending data to templates with helpers
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Convert to a Bootstrap grid
- Practice Quiz: Convert to a Bootstrap grid
- Video: Responding to user actions
- Practice Quiz: Responding to user actions
- Video: Introduction to Meteor Summary
Graded: Introduction to Meteor summary quiz
Graded: Install meteor and edit some templates
WEEK 2
Databases and collections
Welcome to the second module of 'Introduction to Meteor.js Development'! In this course we will be creating Mongo Collections and using Mongo find and insert operations. In addition, we will be looking at how to control a Bootstrap modal from Meteor and we will be using third party Meteor packages to add functionality. Enjoy!
8 videos, 3 readings, 5 practice quizzes
- Video: Overview
- Reading: URL for this module
- Reading: Code for this module
- Video: Meteor distributed data model
- Practice Quiz: Meteor distributed data model
- Video: Create a collection of images
- Practice Quiz: Create a collection of images
- Video: Better start up script, removing items from a collection
- Practice Quiz: Better start up script, removing items from a collection
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Add an image rating function: Updating and sorting
- Practice Quiz: Add an image rating function: Updating and sorting
- Video: Implement image adding with a Bootstrap modal (part 1)
- Video: Implement image adding with a Bootstrap modal (part 2)
- Practice Quiz: Implement image adding with a Bootstrap Modal
- Video: Databases and collections summary
Graded: Databases and collections summary quiz
Graded: Siteace part 1: edit an event and a template
WEEK 3
User authentication
Welcome to the third module of 'Introduction to Meteor.js Development!'. In this module we will be looking at adding a user authentication to your Meteor app and learning how to use Mongo filters. Finally, we will be using the Meteor reactive Session variable and we will implement an infinite scroll. Enjoy!
10 videos, 4 readings, 8 practice quizzes
- Video: Overview
- Reading: Code for this module
- Video: User authentication with Meteor.js
- Practice Quiz: User authentication with Meteor.js
- Video: Tidying up the design with a navbar
- Practice Quiz: Tidying up the design with a navbar
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Accessing user information
- Practice Quiz: Accessing user information
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Customising the user registration form
- Practice Quiz: Customising the user registration form
- Video: Attaching users to images
- Practice Quiz: Attaching users to images
- Reading: URLs for this lesson
- Video: Filtering images by user
- Practice Quiz: Filtering images by user
- Video: Removing the image filter
- Practice Quiz: Removing the image filter
- Video: Infinite scroll
- Practice Quiz: Infinite scroll
- Video: User authentication summary
Graded: User authentication summary quiz
Graded: Siteace part 2: user authentication
WEEK 4
Security and routing
Welcome to the final module of 'Introduction to Meteor.js Development!'. In this module we will show you how to perform basic security testing on your app and how to implement basic data security features. In addition, we will look at how to organise Meteor application code and how to implement multiple routes using iron:router. Enjoy!
8 videos, 3 readings, 6 practice quizzes
- Video: Overview
- Reading: Code for this module
- Video: How to organise your code
- Practice Quiz: How to organise your code
- Video: Hack into your site!
- Practice Quiz: Hack into your site!
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Make your site more secure
- Practice Quiz: Make your site more secure
- Video: Tidy up the project
- Practice Quiz: Tidy up the project
- Reading: URL for this lesson
- Video: Routing with iron: router
- Practice Quiz: Routing with iron:router
- Video: Better routing
- Practice Quiz: Better routing
- Video: Security and routing summary
Graded: Security and routing summary quiz
Graded: SiteAce - implementing discussions
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Ratings and Reviews
I always wanted to get a quick introduction to Meteor.js and I managed to to it in three days with the help of this course. Very well explained with a lot of examples, trial and error and very little repetition. Loved it!
Good course. Gave me the kind of information I was looking for without spending a lot of time on tangents that would only be applicable in a few small cases. Well done.
Excellent course, good pacing and explanation of concepts.
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Excellent course for seasoned web-devs