AngularJS & Node.JS - angularjs

everyone!
I have the following inquiry: Is it possible to have a mirror programming?
I mean the following:
/* This are models ( MVC ) */
Client & Server
MyApp{
var DATA = array();
const SIDE = true // current side. On the server const SIDE = false
// Directive Content
function Content(){
// Directive Title
function Title(){
$DATA['Content']['Title'] = function(){
var fromWhere = URL//From where it takes the lead
// Maybe a good idea to put in setInterval
$.get(fromWhere) ...
$scope.title = $data['title'];
if(SIDE){
Here works front end
}
}
}
}
}
}
The main idea is to write a code and the outside and inside.The parts that relate to the side (front / back) to switch.
Is it possible to make the program fully mirror? - Outside and inside
Only certain properties are defined different.

Strongloop promises to do that.
DerbyJS Does something similar too.
Meteor Promises isomorphic stack.
Does that answer your question properly? :)

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Angular - reusing code (service or controller)

I'm using Angular to develop commenting functionality for a web app.
Currently there are two sections in the application were a user can comment:
Category
Product
About 90% of the commenting functionality is the same for both sections and as such I would like to make this reusable - i.e write some service or controller that I can reference/use as a base.
So far, my research seems to point to using a factory service but unfortunately this doesn't seem to work (I've spent the whole day running through various tutorials).
It is quite possible that I am over thinking this and making it far too complicated but I honestly don't know which way to turn anymore.
Herewith a quick and dirty overview of what I have so far:
HTML view for the category
Controller for the category (receives data from service and posts data to service in order to bind data to model)
Service for the category (retrieve and stores all the necessary
data)
The product uses the same logic and a lot of the code in the service and controller will be duplicated.
I've merged the two services into one service successfully but I'm having trouble doing the same for the controller.
Do I:
Write a base controller that will communicate with the above mentioned service and that will hookup with the two existing controllers
OR
Write a factory/provider service that hooks up to the two existing controllers as well as the above mentioned service.
If you go the route of using a factory, you could put all the common functionality into its return object and reference that from your controllers.
Factory
angular.module('myModule').factory('CommonFunctions', function(){
return {
foo : foo,
bar : bar
}
function foo(){
console.log('foo');
};
function bar (){
console.log('bar');
};
}
Controller
angular.module('myModule')
.controller('myController', ['CommonFunctions', function(CommonFunctions) {
var vm = this;
vm.foo = CommonFunctions.foo();
vm.bar = CommonFunctions.bar();
}
angular's separation of service types ie:
for specific values
constant
value
(constant for specific values needed before other services are created)
for functions
factory
service
provider
(provider for specific instances when you need a services before other services are created, usually taking advantage of constants)
allow the ability to share data and ways to process that data between controllers and or directives, anything that can be a value can also be a constant, the only difference there being where they can be injected. Similarly any service can be rewritten to a factory or a provider, it is more your specific use case / what your more comfortable writing that would determine which to use, but really the best way to think about it is if you have a value that needs to be shared but is not needed inside angular.module.config then use value, otherwise use constant, now if you have a single function that you want to share, (maybe it processes that value in some way or maybe it just does something else) you should write it as a factory, then when you have a few of those factory's that deal with either that value, or anything else, you can combine them into a service or configure and combine them using a provider. here is a simple example (note i am using the recommended syntax for writing angular services):
'use strict';
var app = angular.module('test.app',[]);
app.constant('configureableValue',{defaultValue:55});
app.value('editableValue',{defaultValue:100,editedValue:null});
app.provider('configureValue',configureValueProvider);
configureValueProvider.$inject - ['configureableValue'];
function configureValueProvider(configureableValue){
var defaultVal = configureableValue.defaultValue,
originalVal = defaultVal;
return {
getValue:getValue,
setValue:setValue,
resetValue:resetValue,
'$get':providerFunc
};
function getValue(){
return defaultVal;
}
function setValue(val){
defaultVal = val;
}
function providerFunc(){
return {
get:function(){ return getValue(); },
reset:function(){ resetValue(); }
};
}
function resetValue(){
defaultVal = originalVal
}
}
// this factory is an example of a single function service, this should almost always be defined as a factory
app.factory('getEditableValue',getEditableValue);
getEditableValue.$inject = ['editableValue'];
function getEditableValue(editableValue){
return function(){
return editableValue.editedValue ? editableValue.editedValue : editableValue.defaultValue;
};
}
// same with this one
app.factory('setEditableValue',setEditableValue);
setEditableValue.$inject = ['editableValue'];
function setEditableValue(editableValue){
return function(val){
editableValue.editedValue = val;
}
}
// now this is an example of a service service collecting the factorys for an object with all the related behavior we need
app.service('editableService',editableService);
editableService.$inject = ['getEditableValue','setEditableValue'];
function editableService(getEditableValue,setEditableValue){
var self = this;
self.setVal = setEditableValue;
self.getVal = getEditableValue;
}
app.config(appConfig);
appConfig.$inject = ['configureValueProvider'];
function appConfig(configureValueProvider){
configureValueProvider.setValue('i changed '+ configureValueProvider.getValue() +' to this!!!!');
}
app.run(appRun);
appRun.$inject = ['configureValue','editableService'];
function appRun(configureValue,editableService){
console.log('before editing: ',editableService.getVal());
editableService.setVal('changed!!!');
console.log('after editing: ',editableService.getVal());
console.log('we changed this in the config func: ',configureValue.get());
configureValue.reset();
console.log('and now its back to the original value: ',configureValue.get());
}
i know thats a lot for a simple example, but there are a lot of features provided by angular, and many ways to use them, hopefully this helps.

Angularjs Passing array between controllers

I have been through several tutorials and posts about this topic and still can't seem to figure out what is wrong with my code. To me it seems I am having scoping issues with the data within my service. My code is split up into separate files. Here is my code:
github link : https://github.com/StudentJoeyJMStudios/PetPinterest.git
//in dataService.js
var app = angular.module('se165PetPinterestWebApp');
app.service('SharedData', function ()
{
var categoryOfSelectedAnimals = [];
this.setCatOfSelAnimals = function(pulledCategoriesFromParse)
{
categoryOfSelectedAnimals = pulledCategoriesFromParse;
console.log('after assignment in set::' + categoryOfSelectedAnimals);
};
this.getCatOfSelAnimals = function()
{
console.log('in get::::' + categoryOfSelectedAnimals);
return categoryOfSelectedAnimals;
};
});
in my first controller to set the data in signup.js
app.controller('SignupCtrl',['$scope', 'SharedData', function ($scope, SharedData)
{
var Categories = Parse.Object.extend('Categories');
var query = new Parse.Query(Categories);
query.find({
success: function(results)
{
$scope.availableCategoriesOfAnimals = results;
SharedData.setCatOfSelAnimals(results);
},
error: function(error)
{
alert('Error: ' + error.code + ' ' + error.message);
}
});
};
}]);
Then in my other controller trying to get the data from the array within my service:
var app = angular.module('se165PetPinterestWebApp');
app.controller('CatSelCtrl', function ($scope, SharedData)
{
$scope.availableCategoriesOfAnimals = SharedData.getCatOfSelAnimals();
});
When I print the contents from the SharedData.getCatOfSelAnimals I get 0 every time. Please help. Thank you very much in advance.
EDIT: After playing around with a string a bit I am finding the changed string in the set function is not saved into the service and when I call my get function within my service the string is not changed from the set method. Please help, thank you in advance.
EDIT: So it looks like when I navigate to new page by using window.location.href = '../views/categorySelection.html'; in my signup.js it reloads my dataService.js which re-sets my variables back to nothing. Does anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this?
Edit
First: why you lose data
You need to setup routing properly. Right now you are not changing views but rather using window.location.href to load a new bootstrap file (dashboard.html), i.e. everything saved in memory will be lost. So you have been doing it right, sort of, but the moment you change to dashboard.html all data from Parse is lost.
You can solve this by configuring routes and use $location.url() to change URL. Read more about angular.route here: https://docs.angularjs.org/api/ngRoute/service/$route
The angular way
After looking at your code and running your app I think we need to take a step back. Angular is tricky to get used to but there is a lot of good tutorials. I think you might wanna read some of them to get a better grasp of how it works and how to setup and build your app.
Start here: http://www.airpair.com/angularjs
Boilerplate
Found this boilerplate for an Angular app using Parse. It might be something you could use. https://github.com/brandid/parse-angular-demo
Original
Or an even quicker way to empty $scope.availableCategoriesOfAnimals and then merge new data without breaking reference:
$scope.availableCategoriesOfAnimals.length = 0;
Array.prototype.push.apply($scope.availableCategoriesOfAnimals, pulledCategoriesFromParse);
You are breaking the reference on assignment. This is a JavaScript issue, not an angular one for that matter ;)
Try this in your set function:
categoryOfSelectedAnimals.length=0;
pulledCategoriesFromParse.forEach(function (e) {categoryOfSelectedAnimals.push(e)});
in stead of reassigning
edit: angular extend works on objects, not arrays, so replaced it with a bit of JS.

SignalR: How to add client call after the hub is started?

First off, I just started trying to add SignalR 2 to my existing Angular SPA project.
I have a main controller which starts the hub right away that is feeding some messages to the client. Inside, I have several sub pages and each could subscribe to a different hub for services. The problems is that the client doesn't receive message because it is hooked up after the hub is already started in the main controller.
As a test, if I comment out the hub start in the main controller, the one in the sub controller works fine.
From what I read, it is by design that you have to hook up all client calls before starting the hub. I don't understand...if it is a service, I should be able to subscribe or unsubscribe anytime after the hub is started. Why not? How to workaround?
Because no response in the 12 hours (which is quite unusual in so), I had to dig around myself. I think, I was misled by the answers from SO on related questions that you have to subscribe all client call before starting the connection, as mentioned e.g. here. I found in Hubs API Guide, one section says
Define method on client (without the generated proxy, or when adding
after calling the start method)
So, it is possible to add client method after connection is started. The trick is to use so-called "without the generated proxy". That limitation is for "with generated proxy".
The following is my working example taken from SignalR get started tutorial.
This is the main controller using "with generated proxy":
$.connection.statusHub.client.updateStatus = function (status) {
$scope.status = status;
$scope.$apply();
}
$.connection.hub.start();
This is in a subcontroller using "without generated proxy":
var connection = $.hubConnection();
var proxy = connection.createHubProxy('stockTickerHub');
proxy.on('updateStockPrice', function (stock) {
var st = $scope.stocks.firstOfKey(stock.symbol, 'symbol');
st.lastPrice = stock.lastPrice;
$scope.$apply();
});
var hub = $.connection.stockTickerHub;
connection.start().done(function () {
hub.server.getAllStocks().done(function (stocks) {
$scope.stocks = stocks;
});
});
Note that it doesn't work if I use "with generated proxy" in the subcontroller like this:
var hub = $.connection.stockTickerHub;
hub.client.updateStockPrice = function (stock) {
var st = $scope.stocks.firstOfKey(stock.symbol, 'symbol');
st.lastPrice = stock.lastPrice;
$scope.$apply();
};
$.connection.hub.start().done(function () {
hub.server.getAllStocks().done(function (stocks) {
$scope.stocks = stocks;
});
});
To prove the limitation of "with generated proxy" mode, this code works if I comment out the one in the main controller.
By the way, I was so confused by the term with or without generated proxy in the Guide, and in both cases, it is still called xxxProxy. Can't they find a better name? Or somebody has an explanation?

retrieve data from firebase (angularjs)

UPDATE : find my answer here
A little clarity on getting key values using AngularFire v2?
I looked for many sources before asking a simple question but Im just sarting with firebase and I can't manage to use the data the way I want. What I need, is to retrieve two int in my controller (how much "yes" and how much "no" linked to a question.
the data model is the following
question/id/(text, yes, no)
I have a service where I call my data using an id
app.service('QuestionService', function($firebase,$q) {
var _this = this;
//initialize Firebase
var ref = new Firebase('https://basename.firebaseio.com/question');
this.get = function(nb){
var QuestionObject = ref.child(nb);
return $firebase(QuestionObject);
};
return this;
});
I have a controller function where I call some data using a random id
$scope.pickQuestion = function(){
var randomnumber = Math.ceil(Math.random() * 3);
$scope.message = QuestionService.get(randomnumber);
};
and then it works great so I can have something like
{{message.yes}} or {{message.no}} and get the corresponding integer.
My issue, what I want to do, is to pass this "message.no" value to my controller. I don't know what to do. I can't manage to get the value directly inside the controller (it works only inside the view) and I can't manage to pass the value to my controller from the view. I tried a
ng-init="functionName({{message.yes}}, {{message.no}})"
but it return an error into the console. (however the source a displayed correctly)
Does someone could guide me into the right direction?
Thanks

How to destroy an angularjs app?

I need to be able to load/unload angular applications dynamically without causing memory leaks. In jQuery you can do $("#elementHoldingMyWidget").remove(); and the proper destruction code gets executed, event handlers are unbound etc.
I've been unable to find anything in the angular docs mentioning the possibility of tearing down an app once it's been bootstrapped.
My 1st attempt was to destroy the rootScope like so:
var rootScope = $("body").scope();
rootScope.$destroy();
But this doesn't seem to be working, and I'm not sure how the injector and services would be cleaned up even if it did.
How should this be done?
Using AngularJS 1.4.0, $rootScope.$destroy() is working again (as it was broken in 1.2). Using this permits to switch between several angularJS apps:
var appManager = new function () {
this.currentAppName;
this.currentApp;
this.startApp = function (appContainerId, appName) {
if (this.currentApp) {
this.destroyApp(this.currentApp, this.currentAppName);
}
var appContainer = document.getElementById(appContainerId);
if (appContainer) {
this.currentAppName = appName;
this.currentApp = angular.bootstrap(appContainer, [appName]);
}
}
this.destroyApp = function (app, appName) {
var $rootScope = app.get('$rootScope');
$rootScope.$destroy();
}
}
// Call this when page is ready to rebootsrap app
appManager.startApp('divContainerId', 'app');
To tear down my application without presenting the user with a white page via $('body').empty, I first $delete() the child scopes and then remove all the properties from $rootScope:
/*
* Iterate through the child scopes and kill 'em
* all, because Angular 1.2 won't let us $destroy()
* the $rootScope
*/
var scope = $rootScope.$$childHead;
while (scope) {
var nextScope = scope.$$nextSibling;
scope.$destroy();
scope = nextScope;
}
/*
* Iterate the properties of the $rootScope and delete
* any that possibly were set by us but leave the
* Angular-internal properties and functions intact so we
* can re-use the application.
*/
for(var prop in $rootScope){
if (($rootScope[prop])
&& (prop.indexOf('$$') != 0)
&& (typeof($rootScope[prop]) === 'object')) {
$rootScope[prop] = null;
}
}
UPDATE March 10, 2013: I found that $('body').empty(); does not tear down the app. It still lives.
ORIGINAL POST:
Well, this post: https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1537#issuecomment-10164971 claims that there is no 'official' app tear down (at the time of writing), but you can just empty the element holding the app like so:
$('body').empty();
If this is not what you are looking for you can go through these steps for a temporary solution to tearing your app down:
https://github.com/angular/angular.js/issues/1537#issuecomment-10184033

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