Appendix.  

The Meteor stack is a member of the MEAN family, which means it’s powered by Node.js, an event-driven, highly scalable runtime for JavaScript on the server.

Meteor uses a single codebase to create applications on the server, the browser, and mobile devices.

After transferring all files over HTTP, Meteor uses a WebSocket connection to exchange data with all clients. It uses the standardized DDP protocol.

Clients get their data from the server by subscribing to publications.

In order to send data back to the server or to execute remote functions, Meteor uses methods. Method calls are simulated on the client as well to add latency compensation to applications.