How to execute helper function after DOM is ready in meteor

Question

I have a list of

\'s which gets populated with a find() using Meteor.startup as you see below. Then I\'m getting all the data attributes of these &l

Answer 1

The best way to do this is to put code into Template.x.rendered() and use a Session reactive variable to track if the code has been run or not. For example, you could go about this like so:

Template.x.rendered = function () {
  if (Session.get('doneMarkers') == null) {
    // Do your stuff
    if (getMarkers() != null) {
      Session.set('doneMarkers', 'yes');
    }
  }
});

function getMarkers() {
  var coordinates = {};
  coordinates = $('li.message').data();
  return coordinates;
}

If you ever want to rerun that part of the code, you only have to call:

Session.set('doneMarkers', null);