[murbard2]

It's not cheap and I can't even find a table of content for it. I've also read excerpts that dealt with autopublish etc, and they didn't really address the point I'm making.

Is there a benefit to using meteor beyond the fast prototyping? I'm not saying that's not potentially a huge benefit, but once you're done with your prototype, I still feel like you have to rewrite the whole thing.

[rralian]

Removing autopublish and writing methods is not the same thing as rewriting the whole thing. But if you want to skip autopublish, you can do so from the beginning. As mentioned elsewhere the ability to perform a database action initially on the client allows for latency compensation, which is a significant user benefit beyond fast prototyping.

[sgdesign]

The table of contents is right there on the homepage. And you can read the first four chapters for free here: http://book.discovermeteor.com