I am new aswell and struggling, i posted those link on meteor forum. If you are able to get à good example to work please post easy example for us or make à tutorial 
I Will do the same but im stuck with this error when i try the login Issues with Wildcard and particle-api-js
Please IF you guys encounter the same, post in the Thread your code and issue. Remember to use chrome since ie and firefox shows an other error with bad explanation
Br
Dimi