Where should Meteor.methods() be defined?

Question

http://docs.meteor.com/#meteor_methods

I have tried it in publish.js in my server folder.

I am successfully calling Meteor.apply and attempting the server ca

Answer 1

I hope some will find use of this addition, and this doesn't cloud the issue that methods are primarily intended to run on the server as debergalis has explained.

Using Meteor.methods() on the client is useful too. (look for "stub" in the Meteor.call() section too...) This allows the client to (synchronously) simulate the expected effect of the server call. As mentioned in the docs:

You use methods all the time, because the database mutators (insert, update, remove) are implemented as methods. (...)

A separate section explaining use of stubs on the client might ease the understanding of methods calls on the server.