Getting Started With Meteor Tutorial (In the Cloud) 6

getting-started-with-meteor-tutorial-6.js

Items = new Meteor.Collection("items");

if (Meteor.isClient) {
  Template.list.helpers({
    items: function() {
      return Items.find();
    },
  });
  
  Template.controls.events({
    'submit form': function(event) {
      event.preventDefault();
      
      var description = $(event.target).find('[id=newItem]').val();
      Items.insert({description:description});
    }
  });
}

if (Meteor.isServer) {
  Meteor.startup(function () {
    if(Items.find().count() == 0) {
      var items = [
        { description: "Create Meteor app"},
        { description: "Buy an SSD"}
      ];
      
      for(var i =0; i<items.length; i++) {
        Items.insert(items[i]);
      }
    }
  });
}