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:

Games = new Meteor.Collecti         


        

Answer 1

You can also do template level subscriptions:

Template.name.onCreated(function(){
var self = this;

this.autorun(function(){

const db = this.subscribe('publicationname', [,args]);

if(db.isReady()){
 "You'll know it's ready here" .. do what you need.
 }
 });
})

This makes it easier to know inside the template too. you can just call {{#if Template.subscriptionsReady}} {{else}} Loading Screen may be
{{/if}}