Uncaught ReferenceError: template is not defined

[ServerMeta]

I've met this error, and probably I'm doing something very very basic wrong.

I'm trying to update DOM elements, here's what I tried:

meteor create test

I changed the following files:

test.html

<template name="hello">

  <button id="bot">Click Me</button>

  <p>You've pressed the button {{counter}} times.</p>

</template>

test.js

  Template.hello.events({

    'click button': function () {

      // increment the counter when button is clicked

      Session.set("counter", Session.get("counter") + 1);

      var nameVal = template.find('#bot');

      console.log(nameVal);

    }

  });

}

The console gives me the error "Uncaught ReferenceError: template is not defined".

What am I doing wrong? I've already tried reinstalling meteor.

[Jan Hendrik Mangold]

On Jan 15, 2015, at 08:58, ServerMeta <alberto...@gmail.com> wrote:

  Template.hello.events({

    'click button': function () {

      // increment the counter when button is clicked

      Session.set("counter", Session.get("counter") + 1);

      var nameVal = template.find('#bot');

      console.log(nameVal);

    }

  });

}

The console gives me the error "Uncaught ReferenceError: template is not defined".

What am I doing wrong? I’ve already tried reinstalling meteor.

try

  Template.hello.events({
    ‘click button’: function (event, template) {

[Kelly Copley]

Looks to me as if you might have this running in shared space..  Template is only defined on the client so wrapping in a Meteor.isServer or moving the code to a server directory should fix this error.

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[Avital Oliver]

It's what Jan said. `template` (which is not `Template`) is the second argument to the event handler, not a magic global. http://docs.meteor.com/#/full/eventmaps

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[Chet Murphy]

"template" is not defined. It should be set to Template.Instance(). Just add

var template = Template.instance();

before your template.find() call.

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