11s-advanced-reactivity.md.erb

---
title: Advanced Reactivity
slug: advanced-reactivity
date: 0011/01/02
number: 11.5
sidebar: true
contents: Learn about how to create reactive data sources in Meteor.|Create a simple example of a reactive data source.|See how Tracker compares to AngularJS.
paragraphs: 26
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~~~js
currentLikeCount = 0;
Meteor.setInterval(function() {
  var postId;
  if (Meteor.user() && postId = Session.get('currentPostId')) {
    getFacebookLikeCount(Meteor.user(), Posts.find(postId).url, 
      function(err, count) {
        if (!err)
          currentLikeCount = count;
      });
  }
}, 5 * 1000);
~~~

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~~~js
Template.postItem.likeCount = function() {
  return currentLikeCount;
}
~~~

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### Tracking Reactivity: Computations

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### Turning a Variable Into a Reactive Function

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~~~js
var _currentLikeCount = 0;
var _currentLikeCountListeners = new Tracker.Dependency();

currentLikeCount = function() {
  _currentLikeCountListeners.depend();
  return _currentLikeCount;
}

Meteor.setInterval(function() {
  var postId;
  if (Meteor.user() && postId = Session.get('currentPostId')) {
    getFacebookLikeCount(Meteor.user(), Posts.find(postId), 
      function(err, count) {
        if (!err && count !== _currentLikeCount) {
          _currentLikeCount = count;
          _currentLikeCountListeners.changed();
        }
      });
  }
}, 5 * 1000);
~~~
<%= highlight "1~7,14~17" %>

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~~~bash
meteor add reactive-var
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~~~js
var currentLikeCount = new ReactiveVar();

Meteor.setInterval(function() {
  var postId;
  if (Meteor.user() && postId = Session.get('currentPostId')) {
    getFacebookLikeCount(Meteor.user(), Posts.find(postId), 
      function(err, count) {
        if (!err) {
          currentLikeCount.set(count);
        }
      });
  }
}, 5 * 1000);
~~~
<%= highlight "1,9" %>

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### Comparing Tracker to Angular

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~~~js
$rootScope.$watch('currentLikeCount', function(likeCount) {
  console.log('Current like count is ' + likeCount);
});
~~~

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~~~js
Meteor.setInterval(function() {
  getFacebookLikeCount(Meteor.user(), Posts.find(postId), 
    function(err, count) {
      if (!err) {
        $rootScope.currentLikeCount = count;
        $rootScope.$apply();
      }
    });
}, 5 * 1000);
~~~
<%= highlight "5~6" %>

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