Angular for Meteor is getting tightly integrated first-class support! This is a big step forward, and follows one of Meteor's core principals: Embrace the Ecosystem.

MDG is doing things a little different this time. They've made an early release of 1.3 available before waiting for a feature-complete release candidate. If you are brave, check it out! Meteor 1.3 includes the new module system and many other improvements. To see what's in store, take a look at the milestone.

This approach to releasing new versions is great! Having the community get a chance to try out the betas and voice concerns early keeps the discussions on-going. MDG being more open with their ideas, visions, and current projects keeps the community involved, and that's not a bad thing.

Crater Remote Conference is a three day remote conference happening from February 10-12, 2016 with talks ranging from all areas of JavaScript. Speakers include Arunoda Susiripala, Pete Corey, Derick Bailey, Ramsay Lanier, Sam Hatoum, Ian Serlin, Ben Strahan, Jeremy Shimko, James Smith, and Karl Danninger!

Looking for the dream coders retreat that include surfing & flip flops? Look no further! Meteor in Flip Flops is a code retreat with two-day workshops, a sequence of lectures, structured assignments and collaborative projects. Paradise awaits February 21 - 27, 2016

Paul Dowman talks with Abhi Ayer of Workpop about front-end architecture in a large complex app.

Abhi gives great insights into not getting lost in larger more complex code bases, talks React vs Blaze, and using React-inspired patterns with Blaze.

“Don’t lose sight of the little things because that’s where your craftmanship really comes out”

Deeter, Tecto and Shrop talk about normalization vs. denormalization of data in MongoDB and using the maximum:computed-fields package to keep data denormalized and updated across collections.

Pete Corey talks about Node vulnerabilities in Meteor apps, and how to better protect your apps with Node Security and Snyk.

This is important because even with good Meteor specific security, there is still vulnerabilities that can be introduced from the vast world of Node.

Spoiler Alert: If you are a Meteor developer, you may need this soon.

This isn't Meteor specific, but I feel, like many others, that there is a very large shift about to happen towards NPM. In preparation, Arunoda talks why and how to get started writing NPM Modules.

ZenActions is a simple tool to reuse business logic in the view layer. Abhi talks a little more about this in this interview as well. It allows you to separate your logic from your actual framework. That way, if you switch what view layer you use, it will not be as big of a hassle to make sure everything works the way it should.

Dr. Mongo is an open-source MongoDB admin UI built on Meteor. It gives you a nice GUI allowing you to browse, insert, delete and edit mongo documents with ease.

Nate Strauser documents his experience migrating an app from Modulus to Galaxy!

While you wait for your Galaxy invite, Scott Tolinski gives a great "unboxing" of what Galaxy is like under the hood.

James goes into why quality tools matter, and to not be a blind follower. Where Tracker belongs, and to always be questioning your tools, and a look forward to a bright future.