Meteor.defer means

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1

I see…
Meteor.startup ->
Meteor.defer ->
Appreciate advice as to what this does.

2

It means defer everything in the Meteor.defer(function () { ... }) block until after all the other commands in the event loop have been run (like a setTimeout with a time of 0).

Meteor.defer(function () {
  console.log('A');
});
console.log('B');

will return:

--> B
--> A

The Meteor.startup part just means: don’t run the commands inside this code block until all the code from the app and all its packages has loaded (i.e. all functions, variables, etc., are ready to be used).

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I went to coffee shop the other day. The barista was busy getting cups from the dishwasher. I called “hey, when you’re ready I’ll have a skinny latte.” Sure enough as soon as she had finisnhed unloading the dishwasher she made my coffee and bought it over.

True story.

Barista.defer(function(){
  Barista.order("skinny latte");
});
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