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Parties

A collaborative event planning app where users create parties, place them on an interactive map, and RSVP. One of the original Meteor examples, now running on Meteor 3.5.2 with Blaze 3 and async database operations.

Demo: https://parties.sandbox.galaxycloud.app/

Stack
Runtime Meteor 3.5.2
Frontend Blaze 3
UI Bootstrap 5
Visualization D3.js v7 (interactive map)
Database MongoDB
Auth Meteor Accounts (password)
Code Quality RSLint
E2E Playwright
Build Rspack

Running it

meteor npm install
npm start

Visit http://localhost:3000/.

Command What it does
npm start Start the app
npm test Integration tests (Mocha, watch mode)
npm run test:headless Integration tests (Mocha, headless/CI)
npm run visualize Bundle analyzer in production mode
npm run lint Lint (RSLint)
npm run lint:fix Lint and auto-fix (RSLint)
npm run e2e E2E tests (Playwright, interactive UI)
npm run e2e:headless E2E tests (Playwright, headless)

Before running E2E tests for the first time, install Playwright's browsers with npx playwright install.

What it does

  • Create public or private parties with a title, description, and map coordinates
  • Parties appear as circles on a D3-rendered map, sized by attendance
  • RSVP to parties with Yes, Maybe, or No
  • Invite specific users to private parties (with email notifications)
  • Real-time updates across all connected clients

How it's structured

client/
  main.html             # Shell HTML
  main.js               # Entry: imports UI templates and styles
server/
  main.js               # Publications (parties, users directory)
imports/
  api/
    parties/
      collection.js     # Parties collection + Collection.allow rules
      methods.js        # createParty, invite, rsvp
      publications.js   # Party publications
      helpers.js        # Reactive helpers shared by UI and methods
  ui/
    page.js             # Top-level Blaze layout
    map.js              # D3-rendered party map
    details.js          # Party detail panel
    attendance.js       # RSVP controls and counts
    createDialog.js     # New party dialog
    inviteDialog.js     # Invite-user dialog

The data model uses Collection.allow() for client-side security rules (owner-only updates, no cowboy inserts) and Meteor methods for operations that need server-side validation (creating parties, inviting users, RSVPs).

Deployment

  • Galaxy: meteor deploy your-app.meteorapp.com
    • To try it quickly with a free tier and shared MongoDB: meteor deploy your-app.meteorapp.com --free --mongo
  • Any Node.js host: meteor build gives you a standard Node bundle
  • MUP: automated deploy to your own server over SSH

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