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Angular has a convenient $log service that allows you to log debug messages to the console: $log.debug('Some debug message'); The cool thing about debug messages is that you can easily turn logging on/off in one place using the $logProvider: (function (angula…
Auth0! Parse.com! Firebase! They are just a few of the so many cool services and libraries that are available today to easily authenticate users in your Angular application. Unfortunately such a rich set of options also come with an equally diverse set of API…
Fluidvids.js is awesome! It makes your embedded videos fluid so they blend perfectly in your responsive design. View a live demo here. The caveat Unfortunately there is a caveat when working with AngularJS and ui-router. Single page applications load their co…
In February 2014 Google announced that they had published some new "Best Practice Recommendations for Angular App Structure". For years I had been structuring AngularJS code in directories called controllers, services, directives, filters, etc as outlined by…
Transclusion. A mysterious word I had never heard of before until I met AngularJS. I seriously thought Misko Hevery had invented the word himself, but it appeared to be an existing word: In computer science, transclusion is the inclusion of a document or pa…
AngularJS directives are amazing. They allow you to create highly semantic and reusable components. In a sense you could consider them as the ultimate precursor of web components. There are many great articles and even books on how to write your own directive…