Meteor: How can I tell when the database is ready?

Question

I want to perform a Meteor collection query as soon as possible after page-load. The first thing I tried was something like this:

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Answer 1

As of Meteor 1.0.4, there is a helper that tells you exactly when a particular subscription is ready: Template.instance().subscriptionsReady().

Since this question is a duplicate, please check my answer in the original question, Displaying loader while meteor collection loads.