Methods

Methods

Helpers are can define instance methods which can then be called at any time during the lifecycle of the app.

Define instance methods

Instance methods can be defined via the methods property as shown in the example below:

Fliplet.Helper('welcome', {
  methods: {
    greet: function () {
      console.log('Hello');
    }
  },
  ready: function () {
    // Greet once a button inside this helper is clickd
    this.$el.find('button').click(this.greet);
  }
});

You can also keep a reference to a helper instance and call its methods any time:

var welcome;

Fliplet.Helper('welcome', {
  methods: {
    greet: function () {
      console.log('Hello');
    }
  },
  ready: function () {
    welcome = this;
  }
});

welcome.greet();

Public methods

Update attributes

Use the set instance method to update attributes and values at runtime. Given the following example:

var profile;

Fliplet.Helper('profile', {
  data: {
    firstName: 'John'
  },
  ready: function () {
    profile = this;
  }
});

See how the firstName property can be updated at anytime using a static value or using the result of a promise returned by a function:

profile.set('firstName', 'Nick');

profile.set('firstName', function () {
  return Promise.resolve('Tony');
})

Further reading

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Attributes

Learn more about defining attributes in your helpers.