Stoked On Meteor — The Goal is to Learn + Syllabus
Published: 2020-03-16 19:35:37

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# Once you stop learning, you start dying

## And we don’t want that to happen!

We spend our life learning things. Like other entrepreneurs and developers, I’m looking perpetually to improve my execution. My curiosity is often appealed by new articles, podcasts, videos and other interesting stuff.

Continuously learning is a cool thing, but being overwhelmed by all the resources available on the Web happens more than often. We don’t know anymore where to look, and even where to start from!

The **Stoked on Meteor** blogpost series is about hacking, learning and as a result making with Meteor in an efficient way with a set of collected resources found around here and there in the awesome Meteor community.


If you don’t know [Meteor](http://www.meteor.com), it’s one of the most exciting JavaScript frameworks to build web-apps these days. Beside being easy to use and powerful, the community around Meteor is pretty engaged and things are changing fast.


# Learn by doing, not thinking

## Get your hands dirty, without pain

Meteor provides interesting features and moreover, it’s a lot of fun. As [Tom Coleman](http://tom.thesnail.org/) said in the Discover Meteor podcast:


> Meteor is a really ambitious framework, so not only it is easy to use but it really enables a lot of powerful things.

Some may say that “you don’t have to follow the hype”, or maybe “that’s not the right time to start”. As far as I’m concerned, I disagree with these kind of statements: you should not wait for the last innovation to get into it.

Be an innovator, make your own opinion and see if it fits to your need. Do you want to get your hands dirty and dig for what you can achieve with Meteor?

# Show you where to look

## Hey! You are aiming at X, and this resource Y can help you a lot!

I’m not starting another tutorial series. Many developers, far better than I, do that job very well. And beyond being developers, they are great teachers and speakers who know how to share their passion with us.

Speaking about these guys, they made a lot of resources “out-of-the-box” on the Web: guides, MOOC, books, blogs, podcasts, meet-ups, communities, good practices, conferences, etc.

You are a passionate person, aren’t you? Let’s dive together into what the community has to offer. I’m pretty sure we are going to find some interesting and useful content, improving our skills and making us smarter.

# Hint to what you can learn

## Make your own opinion, I just think that this resource is an awesome one for this, this and that.

This is a summary of my personal opinion as a hacker and an avid learner and I want to share it with you.

Each summary is accompanied by a quick interview of the content’s maker who is giving some tips to assist you in achieving your own goals.

By now I trust that you have understood my point: the goal is to learn. I believe that one way to reach this is by hacking and learning.

# Why Meteor?

## You have read this far, but you don’t know what’s Meteor?

Oh, and by the way, if you are not convinced **Why** you should start using Meteor or you don’t know anything about it but you have read this far, I advise you one website and these 3 short reads written by guys from the field, all three skilled entrepreneurs and developers, to get a better picture of the Why:


[Josh Owens](http://joshowens.me) gives you 8 reasons to build awesome stuff with Meteor and explains 4 misconceptions about Meteor. Quick read and efficient to get a clear picture : [whymeteor.com](http://whymeteor.com)


-   [Why Meteor is great for startups](http://www.manuel-schoebel.com/blog/meteorjs-the-perfect-match-for-lean-startups), by [Manuel Schoebel](http://www.manuel-schoebel.com/).

-   [Why entrepreneurs choose MeteorJS](http://blog.jssolutionsdev.com/why-entrepreneurs-choose-meteor/), by JSSolutions agency.

-   [Why Meteor, an essay on it](https://wiki.dandascalescu.com/essays/why_meteor), by [Dan Dascalescu](https://wiki.dandascalescu.com/about) (ok, it is definetely not a short read, but it’s worth it!)


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# Syllabus — Stoked on Meteor

## And you? Are you stoked too?

This series was originally written on my blog {Hack, Learn} = Make. I decided to refine it and posted it back on Medium to spread the word widely. Here is what’s coming in the following days:

1.  [Join the adventure with Discover Meteor](https://medium.com/@xav_cz/stoked-on-meteor-join-the-adventure-with-discover-meteor-1d71dc6abcc7#.aef64cwpq) (published)

1.  [Stay tuned to Meteor thanks to Crater](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/stoked-on-meteor-stay-tuned-with-crater-e498c670a244) (published)

1.  [Let’s cook Meteor with the Chef](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/stoked-on-meteor-lets-cook-meteor-with-the-chef-d8ff8fbff09d#.kgwuwgwvk) (published)

1.  [Code and surf Meteor in Gran Canaria](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/code-and-surf-meteor-in-gran-canaria-46380b246162#.4yarqpa43) (published)

1.  [Bzzz…! Incoming Transmission](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/stoked-on-meteor-bzzz-incoming-transmission-9637ba8de1be) (published)

1.  [Become a Meteor Ninja with the SpaceDojo](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/stoked-on-meteor-become-a-meteor-ninja-with-the-spacedojo-9049dcabc1c9#.8r0prxpt9) (published)

1.  [Make Meteor apps faster without errors](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/stoked-on-meteor-make-meteor-apps-faster-without-errors-1f54295cb872#.6cwvnfm4q) (published)

1.  [How to build awesome apps with Meteor](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/how-to-build-awesome-apps-with-meteor-d11feeb98b94#.7l0evrxn6) (published)

1.  [Glad to have this newsletter crashing in your inbox](https://medium.com/hack-learn-make/stoked-on-meteor-a-newsletter-that-crashes-well-into-your-inbox-393d9a8144be#.ldwflkqcb) (published)

1.  Where to look next?

**And finally, if this was useful, please tap the 💚 button below. Thanks!**


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## I’m Xavier, a happy fellow working everyday with MeteorJS as a consultant software engineer.

## I want to spread the word that working with this techno is awesome and that you should get your hands on it!

## You can find me on Twitter: [@​xav_cz](https://twitter.com/xav_cz)