Last month’s Meteor updates and announcements 🗞

Meteor Monthly Newsletter We have a few things to cover in this month’s newsletter - from the latest beta version of Meteor, a patch version of Blaze, new partnerships, Meteor events, and much more. Let’s dive right into all of these below! Meteor 2.8 Beta Version The Meteor 2.8 beta version is now out and brings a few updates: - Mongo Package Async API - Updated MongoDB driver to 4.8 - Update skeletons You can update your app with meteor update --release 2.8-beta.0 If you want to read more about this version, click [here](. Blaze 2.6.1 A new patch version of Blaze has been released! This version has fixed some issues such as: - #370 templating-runtime@1.6.1, returned the Template.__define__ with warning message - #366 Prevent firing callbacks until members are destroyed - fix destroying child templates when parent is destroyed; prevents memory leak and DOMRange "not attached" error - #374 Blaze.remove should destroy view before detaching If you want to see the full list of fixes, click [here](. A big thank you to Jan Dvorak, Denilson Silva, Jan Küster, and Harry Adel! We’re excited to also share that development on [Blaze 3.0]( has also started, and you can check out the [milestone]( for further updates. [LEARN MORE]( New Meteor Partnerships As previously mentioned in our [blog]( we were looking at possible partnerships with [Quave]( and [Vazco](. Now that it’s official, you’ll see new faces (or names) on GitHub and in our forums. Both companies work part-time and mainly on our top three goals for the year. Those are: - Change how Meteor executes Async code or Fibers migration. - Improve MongoDB stability. - Improve TypeScript support. You can read more about it by clicking [here](. [LEARN MORE]( Meteor Hackathon Our annual Meteor Hackathon is just around the corner! One of Meteor’s biggest events will be held from September 23rd to September 30th, 2022. For this year's Hackathon, you may team up with 5 members (max) to develop an impactful application using Meteor Framework. There are no restrictions on which field of interest you can pick, but remember that we will judge your idea by a few guidelines and how impactful your project is. Don’t delay because registration closes on September 1st! [Sign up]( today. You can also click here to [learn more]( about this year’s hackathon and what kind of prizes we’re giving out. [VIEW PRIZES]( Meteor Impact Our biggest virtual conference will occur this year on October 13th and October 14th, 2022. Don’t miss our biggest community gathering of the year! Last year’s conference was a big success, with over 490+ attendees and 40 talks. The conference was spread over two days, with community members joining from all over the world. You can sign up, register for a talk, or learn more about it by clicking [here](. [VIEW PRIZES]( In Case You Missed It You’ll find more links, content, and resources below regarding Meteor. Updated Meteor roadmap - It’s been a busy quarter for us, and we want to keep everyone informed, so we have updated our roadmap. You can learn about high-level features and actions for Meteor in the near-to-medium term. Click [here]( to view it. New Meteor Software engineer - Please warmly welcome our newest Software Engineer that will focus on OSS, [Gabriel Grubba]( Feel free to say hi to him on Slack or the forums. Bug fix in the package accounts-passwordless - If you’re using this package on your app, it’s extremely important that you update it. You can do that just by running meteor update accounts-base accounts-passwordless. Read more [here](. IP whitelist feature - If you’re using the IP Whitelisting feature in Meteor Cloud, the IPs will change on August 15th, 2022. You can go to your [App Settings]( tab on Galaxy to find out more and to update your configuration. Handling database migrations - You can find a topic posted by Radosław Miernik from Vazco that discusses handling database migrations in Meteor. You can read more about it by clicking [here](. Zodern:types - Zodern:types allow packages to have their own typescript types and for apps to use them. It can be used for both apps and packages and provides different tools. Click [here]( to learn more. Meteor shop FAQ - Our [FAQ page]( for the Meteor shop is available for viewing. If you have any questions that are not answered on this page, feel free to contact marketing@meteor.com. DevTools for Mozilla - We bring you another update for Meteor DevTools Evolved by Leonardo Venturini. Mozilla Firefox officially supported the tool and can be downloaded [here](. Special thanks to Leonardo for the update! Ambassador town hall - Our first ambassador town hall took place on July 15, 2022. We were excited to meet face-to-face with our first batch of ambassadors and discuss new campaigns and initiatives to improve awareness of Meteor. You can learn more about the ambassador program [here](. Have questions? Reach out to our support directly at support@meteor.com, or visit the Meteor forum to chat with Meteor experts & like-minded developers. [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Website](meteor.com) Copyright © 2022 Meteor Software, All rights reserved. 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