Coming from Django/Python I can say:
Meteor needs a book/video-tutorial that covers those topics in meteor-style listed here: http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754/index.html (check out the index).
This book (and the accomendating video http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754/pr03.html) was a real pleasure a read, a total inspiration and motivation.
@MDG @sashko @sam : Why not take this book above as a reference to speed things up.