MeteorJS - variable not defined

Question

I am new to meteor. I just created a Hello world project using meteor. My project structure is very simple at the moment.

root folder

abc.css

abc.html

abc.js

In abc.js I just tried declaring a variable like this:

var lists = new Meteor.Collection("Lists");

if (Meteor.isClient) {
  Template.hello.greeting = function () {
  return "My List.";
  };

  Template.hello.events({
   'click input' : function () {
   if (typeof console !== 'undefined')
      console.log("You pressed the button");
   }
  });
}

if (Meteor.isServer) {
  Meteor.startup(function () {
  });
}

But when i run this, I am getting the following error in browser console:

[18:17:32.895] ReferenceError: lists is not defined

I am not sure what am I doing wrong.

Tarang · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-26 13:01:28Z

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In Meteor variables are scoped to a file. So if you define lists with the var keyword you can't access lists outside abc.js

To get passed this just remove the var so its just:

lists = new Meteor.Collection("Lists");

Then you can access it in the other files as well as your console.

answered Aug 26, 2013 at 13:01

Tarang

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