I am following this meteor chat tutorial and I am halfway, the teacher finishes a piece of code and checks it out in the console in the browser and says good "no errors" but I am getting a error a the same point. Any help as to why I am getting this error would be great.
file.js
Message = new Meteor.Collection('messages');
if (Meteor.is_client){
Template.messages.messages = function () {
return Messages.find({}, { sort: {time: -1} });
};
}
file.html
<head>
<title>tutorial</title>
</head>
<body>
{{> entry}}
{{> messages}}
</body>
<template name="entry">
<p>
<input type="text" id="name" placeholder="your name">
<input type="text" id="messageBox" placeholder="your message"></p>
</template>
<template name="messages">
{{#each messages}}
{{> message}} <!--echo of message template-->
{{/each}}
</template>
<template name="message">
<p><strong>{{name}}:</strong>{{message}}</p>
</template>
Error
Uncaught ReferenceError: Messages is not defined
UPDATE
Doing the following message = return ... gives me the output below
Your app is crashing. Here's the latest log.
app/tutorial.js:5
message = return Messages.find({}, { sort: {time: -1} });
^^^^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token return
at /Users/anderskitson/Sites/tutorial/.meteor/local/build/server/server.js:113:21
at Array.forEach (native)
at Function._.each._.forEach (/usr/local/meteor/lib/node_modules/underscore/underscore.js:79:11)
at run (/Users/anderskitson/Sites/tutorial/.meteor/local/build/server/server.js:99:7)
Exited with code: 1
Your application is crashing. Waiting for file change.
This line:
Message = new Meteor.Collection('messages');
declares a variable called Message
. So, later on, you can use the variable Message
.
This line:
return Messages.find({}, { sort: {time: -1} });
uses the variable Message
s, which is not defined! Only Message
is defined. So, write
return Message.find({}, { sort: {time: -1} });
instead.