I never kept it a big secret that I came from a long history of building Rails apps. I was a big fan of the 'Skinny Controller, Fat Model' paradigm when Jamis Buck posted it. The post deals with the idea that your HTML gets hard to read when you push too much logic into the template. Through…
Continue ReadingRemember when we talked about some simple security for Meteor ? Let's continue discussing more advanced topics - we'll call this Meteor Security 201! Publications are the heart & soul of your application. Consequently, publications are where security can most easily be defeated. Understandably…
Continue ReadingWhen you get started with Meteor.js, one of the first things you learn about is how easy it is to add user accounts. Something like meteor add accounts-ui and meteor add accounts-password will get you going. So little effort to gain all that functionality so quickly! But, there is an odd thing…
Continue ReadingEDIT TL:DR This post was a joke for April Fools Day 2015. Please read it with the jest I intended it for. Meteor, an open sourced full stack javascript framework, will now be under the watchful eye of Facebook following a recent acquisition. The acquisition comes hot on the heels of what many see…
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