{"id":1711,"date":"2018-03-13T22:52:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T03:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2018-03-17T09:59:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T14:59:10","slug":"how-to-install-meteor-get-project-started-less-5-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/2018\/03\/13\/how-to-install-meteor-get-project-started-less-5-minutes\/","title":{"rendered":"Meteor: How to install Meteor and get a project started in less than 5 minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this article, I want to detail how to install Meteor and get a project quickly up and running.<\/p>\n

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Step 1: Install Meteor<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In order to install Meteor, the first step according to the installation instructions is to install a tool called \u201cchocolatey\u201d.
\nhttps:\/\/chocolatey.org\/install<\/a><\/p>\n

This can be installed with a cmd.exe command.<\/p>\n

Once that is installed, run the following command in the command window running in Administrator mode.<\/p>\n

choco install meteor<\/code><\/p>\n

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For more information see:
\nhttps:\/\/www.meteor.com\/install<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Step 2: Create a Meteor app project<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For this step, close down the original cmd window and open a fresh copy, running in Administrator mode. At the admin command window run the following command:<\/p>\n

meteor create myapp<\/code><\/p>\n

Then cd to myapp and run this command:<\/p>\n

meteor npm install<\/code><\/p>\n

Once that is complete, simply launch meteor like so:<\/p>\n

meteor<\/code><\/p>\n

Now there should be some files and folders inside the newly created myapp folder. For example:<\/p>\n

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This will also \u2018activate\u2019 the project so that it appears in the web browser using Meteor\u2019s built-in server at location:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/localhost:3000\/<\/code><\/p>\n

Which looks like this:<\/p>\n

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The client\/main.html file is the file that holds the basic UI of the newly created Meteor app. The code for a default app looks like this:<\/p>\n

<head>\r\n  <title>myapp<\/title>\r\n<\/head>\r\n\r\n<body>\r\n  <h1>Welcome to Meteor!<\/h1>\r\n\r\n  {{> hello}}\r\n  {{> info}}\r\n<\/body>\r\n\r\n<template name=\"hello\">\r\n  <button>Click Me<\/button>\r\n  <p>You've pressed the button {{counter}} times.<\/p>\r\n<\/template>\r\n\r\n<template name=\"info\">\r\n  <h2>Learn Meteor!<\/h2>\r\n  <ul>\r\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meteor.com\/try\" target=\"_blank\">Do the Tutorial<\/a><\/li>\r\n    <li><a href=\"http:\/\/guide.meteor.com\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Guide<\/a><\/li>\r\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.meteor.com\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Docs<\/a><\/li>\r\n    <li><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.meteor.com\" target=\"_blank\">Discussions<\/a><\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n<\/template>\r\n<\/pre>\n
Note: To switch between Meteor apps, type CTRL+c twice in the cmd window to close the current application. Then cd to the location of another Meteor app and simply type the command:<\/p>\n
meteor<\/code><\/p>\n
For more information see:
\nhttps:\/\/guide.meteor.com\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In this article, I want to detail how to install Meteor and get a project quickly up and running.   Step 1: Install Meteor In order to install Meteor, the first step according to the installation instructions is to install a tool called \u201cchocolatey\u201d. https:\/\/chocolatey.org\/install This can be installed with a cmd.exe command. Once that … Continue reading Meteor: How to install Meteor and get a project started in less than 5 minutes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,117],"tags":[45,116],"class_list":["post-1711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-javascript-language","category-meteor","tag-javascript","tag-meteor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1711"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1736,"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1711\/revisions\/1736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluegalaxy.info\/codewalk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}