Meteor data adapter for Webix UI

Allows using Webix UI components with Meteor. Reactive widgets that have been tested include DataTable and List. All other widgets with linear underlying data structures should work too.

How to use

• Add the webix package

  meteor npm i --save webix
  meteor npm i --save webix-meteor-data

• Define data collections as usual:

  Movies = new Mongo.Collection('movies');

• Initialize Webix components using "meteor->{collection}" as the data URL:

  webix.ui({
    view: 'datatable',
    editable: true, editaction: 'dblclick',
    autoconfig: true,
    // load data from the "movies" collection
    url: 'meteor->books',
    // save data to the 'movies' collection
    save: 'meteor->books'
  }

That is it.

Adding the url property will enable data loading and automatic component updates when data changes in the specified Collection.

The save property ensures that all changes to the component will be saved back to the Collection.

Using Cursors

Instead of using a string for the url property, you can use cursors and collections directly.

Cursor

Movies = new Mongo.Collection('movies');
var cursor = Movies.find();

webix.ui({
  view: 'list',
  url: webix.proxy('meteor', cursor)
});

Collection

Movies = new Mongo.Collection('movies');

webix.ui({
  view: 'list',
  url:  webix.proxy('meteor', Movies),
  save: webix.proxy('meteor', Movies)
});

Mixing cursors and collections

Movies = new Mongo.Collection('movies');

webix.ui({
  view: 'list',
  url:  webix.proxy('meteor', Movies.find()),
  save: webix.proxy('meteor', Movies)
});

Dynamic data loading

You can use load method to (re)load data in the component.

$$('datatable').load('meteor->movies');

or

$$('datatable').load( webix.proxy('meteor', Movies.find()) );

Sync api

Webix components have a sync method to synchronize data between components. The method can be used with Meteor.

Movies = new Mongo.Collection('movies');
$$('details').sync($$('datatable'));

License

Webix is published under the GPLv3 license.

This Meteor-Webix adapter is released under the MIT License:

Copyright (c) 2015 Maksim Kozhukh

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