AngularJS : Prevent error $digest already in progress when calling $scope.$apply()

I’m finding that I need to update my page to my scope manually more and more since building an application in angular. The only way I know of to do this is to call $apply() from the scope of my controllers and directives. The problem with this is that it keeps throwing an error to … Read more

‘this’ vs $scope in AngularJS controllers

In the “Create Components” section of AngularJS’s homepage, there is this example: controller: function($scope, $element) { var panes = $scope.panes = []; $scope.select = function(pane) { angular.forEach(panes, function(pane) { pane.selected = false; }); pane.selected = true; } this.addPane = function(pane) { if (panes.length == 0) $scope.select(pane); panes.push(pane); } } Notice how the select method is … Read more

angular.service vs angular.factory

I have seen both angular.factory() and angular.service() used to declare services; however, I cannot find angular.service anywhere in official documentation. What is the difference between the two methods? Which should be used for what (assuming they do different things)? 9 s 9 angular.service(‘myService’, myServiceFunction); angular.factory(‘myFactory’, myFactoryFunction); I had trouble wrapping my head around this concept … Read more

What is the difference between ‘@’ and ‘=’ in directive scope in AngularJS?

I’ve read the AngularJS documentation on the topic carefully, and then fiddled around with a directive. Here’s the fiddle. And here are some relevant snippets: From the HTML: <pane bi-title=”title” title=”{{title}}”>{{text}}</pane> From the pane directive: scope: { biTitle: ‘=’, title: ‘@’, bar: ‘=’ }, There are several things I don’t get: Why do I have … Read more

How do I use $scope.$watch and $scope.$apply in AngularJS?

I don’t understand how to use $scope.$watch and $scope.$apply. The official documentation isn’t helpful. What I don’t understand specifically: Are they connected to the DOM? How can I update DOM changes to the model? What is the connection point between them? I tried this tutorial, but it takes the understanding of $watch and $apply for … Read more

AngularJS: Service vs provider vs factory

What are the differences between a Service, Provider and Factory in AngularJS? 30 30 From the AngularJS mailing list I got an amazing thread that explains service vs factory vs provider and their injection usage. Compiling the answers: Services Syntax: module.service( ‘serviceName’, function ); Result: When declaring serviceName as an injectable argument you will be … Read more