Question

I have the following code:

Template.leaderboard.players = function() {
    return Players.find({}, {sort: {score: -1, name: 1}});
};

Template.leaderboard.selected_name = function() {
    var player = Players.findOne(Session.get("selected_player"));
    return player && player.name;
};

And I would like to organize it more clearly like that:

Template.leaderboard = {
    players: function() {
        return Players.find({}, {sort: {score: -1, name: 1}});
    },
    selected_name: function() {
        var player = Players.findOne(Session.get("selected_player"));
        return player && player.name;
    }
};

The problem is (I believe from the errors in the console) that this overwrites all the existing methods of the Template.leaderboard object and replaces it.

Is there a possibility to add those methods to the object while keeping existing methods using the kind of notation shown above?

Answer 1

I think you’re looking for Template helpers

Template.leaderboard.helpers({
    players: function() {
        return Players.find({}, {sort: {score: -1, name: 1}});
    },
    selected_name: function() {
        var player = Players.findOne(Session.get("selected_player"));
        return player && player.name;
    }
});