Re:Show HN: Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework
by micheljansen on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @12:31PM
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Easier said than done. The code of Rails was also publicly available, but getting from a hello world app to diving into a hard core codebase such as that of Rails is a huge step. Understanding framework code is quite different from understanding app code as well.
Re:Show HN: Meteor, a realtime JavaScript framework
by cristiantincu on Wednesday April 11, 2012 @03:15PM
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I agree. I didn’t say it would be easy, though. ☺
In fact, understanding “magic” is bloody difficult. It it weren’t so, then it wouldn’t be “magic”.
It’s also worth observing that Meteor is not presented as a “framework”. The comparison with Rails was introduced here, on HN. They say it’s “a set of new technologies”. I guess this implies loose coupling, which is a healthy paradigm when applied to components/modules/objects of a development ecosystem.
If only Meteor were nothing more than a proof of concept, it would still be mind-blowing.
For an user of a product/service, this is bliss. For a hacker, it might get tricky. Now, considering the fact that this is all open source, the huge wall you’re talking about is just a matter of perception. You’re free to debug and go with it as low level as you need.