Meteor is a web development platform that is built on top of Node.js. Matt Debergalis does a great technical video presentation that outlines why Meteor was created and the resulting benefits. The end result is that our developers only need to know one language (javascript) and that code can be shared between the client and server. The Meteor platform looks after a great deal which means we can focus our efforts more closely on the code that directly impacts functionality and the user experience. One important aspect of Meteor is “reactivity”; when data is changed by one user any other users that are looking at that data will see it update automatically. Another benefit to Meteor is that it is built for the technology architecture that we actually have today. Even smartphones have sufficient power and memory to run the majority of the application on the client. When you use one of our applications all the code gets loaded into your browser on the first page visit. From that point on, the only thing that crosses the network is data. We tell Meteor what data you’re interested in, and Meteor makes sure that when that data changes you see it happen, all in real time, no page refresh required. This results in a user experience that is fast, smooth and does a good job of weathering intermittent network connectivity.