How to build a Meteor smart package

Question

How can one build a Meteor smart package that would show up in meteor list?

Building Atmosphere packages is reasonably well documented, but building Met

Answer 1

This was dated Jun 12 2013. It was the correct answer at the time, and is still an alternative solution:

Like n1mmy said. It's undocumented, and you should use meteorite.

If you insist on creating a package with meteor, I found a good unofficial How-to, but you really shouldn't do this. Meteor will be coming out with a way to create packages in an upcoming release.

Bulding a Meteor package: https://coderwall.com/p/ork35q

The way I would do it is with Meteorite

Obviously you have node, and I assume you have node package manager (npm), so your best way to make a meteor package to date, is to make a meteorite smart package.

npm install meteorite

Meteorite smart packages contain 2 key files essential for package creation - package.js - smart.json

Meteorite files are stored under your system logged in user account: ~/.meteorite/
but are symlinked to your current where you created a meteor app: project/.meteor/meteorite/

Sample package.js:

Package.describe({
   summary: "User analytics suite for meteor"
});

Package.on_use(function (api) {
   api.add_files('user_analytics.js', 'client');
});

Sample smart.json

{
   "name": "User analytics",
   "description": "User Analytics",
   "homepage": "http://yourHomepage.com",
   "author": "Eric Leroy",
   "version": "0.1",
   "git": "https://github.com/yipyo",
   "packages" : {}
}

If you need anymore info, you should install a mrt package from the list:

mrt list

then analyze the files under your app/.meteor/meteorite/ directory.

Hope this helps, and keep developing the best language of the future.

Here are some helpful links:

• http://www.eventedmind.com/ - Exceptional tutorials explaining Meteor's core concepts
• publishing Atmosphere packages
• Unofficial meteor FAQ
• making a chatroom app with Meteor