Meteor - Tracker


Tracker is a small library used for auto updating templates once the Session variable has changed. In this chapter, we will learn how the tracker works.

First, we will create a button that will be used for updating the session.

meteorApp.html

<head>
   <title>meteorApp</title>
</head>
 
<body>
   <div>
      {{> myTemplate}}
   </div>
</body>
 
<template name = "myTemplate">
   <button id = "myButton">CLICK ME</button>
</template>

Next, we will set the starting session value myData and create a mySession object. Tracker.autorun method is used for keeping an eye on mySession. Whenever this object changes, the template will auto-update. To test it, we will set a click event for updating.

meteorApp.js

if (Meteor.isClient) {
  
   var myData = 0
   Session.set('mySession', myData);

   Tracker.autorun(function () {
      var sessionData = Session.get('mySession');
      console.log(sessionData)
   });

   Template.myTemplate.events({

      'click #myButton': function() {
         Session.set('mySession', myData ++);
      }
   });
}

If we click the CLICK ME button five times, we will see that the tracker is logging new values every time the session updates.

Meteor Tracker Log
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