SetTimeout vs. Ember.run.later in an ember app?

Question

Inside my handlebars template:

Today's date: {{currentDate}} Current Time: {{currentTime}} 

Inside my helpers:

Ember.Handlebars.registerBoundHelper 'currentDate', (option) ->   moment().format('LL');  Ember.Handlebars.registerBoundHelper 'currentTime', (option) ->   moment().format('h:mm:ss a'); 

How would I go about updating the currentTime to the view every 1 second?

I have read the Ember recommends Ember.run.later but I can't quite figure out where to put it and how to call it using this helper.

Answer 1

You can use Ember.run.later like you would normally use setTimeout

Ember.run.later((function() {   //do something in here that will run in 2 seconds }), 2000); 

I'm not sure of the internals, but I know that integration testing Ember requires that you use run.later (if you don't the test code won't wait for the timeout to finish).