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authorPete Bacon Darwin2013-06-12 20:40:07 +0100
committerPete Bacon Darwin2013-06-12 20:42:12 +0100
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docs(guide/bootstrap): clarify manual bootstrapping
-rw-r--r--docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc b/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc
index f72945d1..e73873e4 100644
--- a/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc
+++ b/docs/content/guide/bootstrap.ngdoc
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
This page explains the Angular initialization process and how you can manually initialize Angular
if necessary.
-
-# Angular `<script>` Tag
+## Angular `<script>` Tag
This example shows the recommended path for integrating Angular with what we call automatic
initialization.
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ initialization.
-# Automatic Initialization
+## Automatic Initialization
Angular initializes automatically upon `DOMContentLoaded` event, at which point Angular looks for
the {@link api/ng.directive:ngApp `ng-app`} directive which
@@ -77,16 +76,14 @@ will:
-# Manual Initialization
+## Manual Initialization
If you need to have more control over the initialization process, you can use a manual
bootstrapping method instead. Examples of when you'd need to do this include using script loaders
or the need to perform an operation before Angular compiles a page.
-
-Here is an example of manually initializing Angular. The example is equivalent to using the {@link
-api/ng.directive:ngApp ng-app} directive.
+Here is an example of manually initializing Angular:
<pre>
<!doctype html>
@@ -96,17 +93,22 @@ api/ng.directive:ngApp ng-app} directive.
<script src="http://code.angularjs.org/angular.js"></script>
<script>
angular.element(document).ready(function() {
- angular.bootstrap(document);
+ angular.bootstrap(document, ['optionalModuleName']);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
</pre>
+Note that we have provided the name of our application module to be loaded into the injector as the second
+parameter of the {@link api/angular.bootstrap} function. This example is equivalent to using the
+{@link api/ng.directive:ngApp ng-app} directive, with `ng-app="optionalModuleName"`, as in the automatic
+initialization example above.
+
This is the sequence that your code should follow:
- 1. After the page and all of the code is loaded, find the root of the HTML template, which is
- typically the root of the document.
+ 1. After the page and all of the code is loaded, find the root element of your AngularJS
+ application, which is typically the root of the document.
- 2. Call {@link api/angular.bootstrap} to {@link compiler compile} the template into an
+ 2. Call {@link api/angular.bootstrap} to {@link compiler compile} the element into an
executable, bi-directionally bound application.