1. Welcome!

##Welcome to the meteor-maker wiki!

The goal of this wiki is to serve as primary documentation for the meteor-maker CLI, a tool for scaffolding Meteor apps according to the best-practices setup in the Meteor Guide for 1.3.

####Motivation

The Meteor Guide best-practices can be overwhelming and there is a decent amount of boilerplate code to get things right. While it is helpful the first time around to do the setup manually to understand why certain practices are employed, it can get onerous to remember to update all the correct files, and write all the boilerplate code. I found this to unnecessarily slow down my development time. This CLI is designed to get you up and running with the recommended structure and packages, and then help you to quickly add new elements to your project.

####Who is this for?

Anyone! If you are a beginner and want to get up and running quickly, but also care about best-practices, let this tool be your guide. If you are a seasoned Meteorist, then think of this as a little turbo boost to the already rapid development you're used to with Meteor.

####Aren't there already Meteor generators out there?

Yes. But lots have been abandoned and don't reflect the big shifts that took place after Meteor 1.3. I also felt that it does the community good to converge on a common application structure and the MDG gave us that with the Meteor Guide. This generator is designed to adhere to the standards set out in that guide and will be updated accordingly.