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-@workInProgress
-@ngdoc overview
-@name Tutorial: Step 4
-@description
-<table id="tutorial_nav">
-<tr>
-<td id="previous_step">{@link tutorial.step_03 Previous}</td>
-<td id="step_result">{@link http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-4/app Example}</td>
-<td id="tut_home">{@link tutorial Tutorial Home}</td>
-<td id="code_diff">{@link https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-3...step-4 Code
-Diff}</td>
-<td id="next_step">{@link tutorial.step_05 Next}</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
-
-In this step, we add a feature that lets our users choose which way to order the phone list.
-
-__`app/index.html`:__
-<pre>
-...
- <ul class="predicates">
- <li>
- Search: <input type="text" name="query"/>
- </li>
- <li>
- Sort by:
- <select name="orderProp">
- <option value="name">Alphabetical</option>
- <option value="age">Newest</option>
- </select>
- </li>
- </ul>
-
- <ul class="phones">
- <li ng:repeat="phone in phones.$filter(query).$orderBy(orderProp)">
- {{phone.name}}
- <p>{{phone.snippet}}</p>
- </li>
- </ul>
-...
-</pre>
-
-__`app/js/controller.js`:__
-<pre>
-/* App Controllers */
-
-function PhoneListCtrl() {
- this.phones = [{"name": "Nexus S",
- "snippet": "Fast just got faster with Nexus S.",
- "age": 0},
- {"name": "Motorola XOOM™ with Wi-Fi",
- "snippet": "The Next, Next Generation tablet.",
- "age": 1},
- {"name": "MOTOROLA XOOM™",
- "snippet": "The Next, Next Generation tablet.",
- "age": 2}];
-
- this.orderProp = 'age';
-}
-</pre>
-
-__`test/unit/controllerSpec.js`:__
-<pre>
-/* jasmine specs for controllers go here */
-describe('PhoneCat controllers', function() {
-
- describe('PhoneListCtrl', function(){
- var scope, $browser, ctrl;
-
- beforeEach(function() {
- ctrl = new PhoneListCtrl();
- });
-
-
- it('should create "phones" model with 3 phones', function() {
- expect(ctrl.phones.length).toBe(3);
- });
-
-
- it('should set the default value of orderProp model', function() {
- expect(ctrl.orderProp).toBe('age');
- });
- });
-});
-</pre>
-
-__`test/e2e/scenarios.js`:__
-<pre>
-/* jasmine-like end2end tests go here */
-describe('PhoneCat App', function() {
-
- describe('Phone list view', function() {
-
- beforeEach(function() {
- browser().navigateTo('../../app/index.html');
- });
-
-
- it('should filter the phone list as user types into the search box', function() {
- expect(repeater('.phones li').count()).toBe(3);
-
- input('query').enter('nexus');
- expect(repeater('.phones li').count()).toBe(1);
-
- input('query').enter('motorola');
- expect(repeater('.phones li').count()).toBe(2);
- });
-
-
- it('should be possible to control phone order via the drop down select box', function() {
- input('query').enter('tablet'); //let's narrow the dataset to make the test assertions
- shorter
-
- expect(repeater('.phones li', 'Phone List').column('a')).
- toEqual(["Motorola XOOM\u2122 with Wi-Fi",
- "MOTOROLA XOOM\u2122"]);
-
- select('orderProp').option('alphabetical');
-
- expect(repeater('.phones li', 'Phone List').column('a')).
- toEqual(["MOTOROLA XOOM\u2122",
- "Motorola XOOM\u2122 with Wi-Fi"]);
- });
- });
-});
-</pre>
-
-## Discussion:
-
-To provide dynamic ordering, we employ another one of angular's "array type augmenters" and let
-the data binding do the rest of the work for us:
-
-* First, we provide a `<select>` element named `orderProp` for our users so they can choose to
-sort the phone list either alphabetically or by the age of the phone. We added the `age` property
-to each phone record so we can sort by that field.
-
-* Like {@link angular.Array.filter $filter}, {@link angular.Array.orderBy $orderBy} is a built-in
-method available on array objects in angular expressions. In our UI template, we set up a select
-box that lets the user set the `orderProp` model variable to one of the string constants: `age` or
-`name`.
-
-* In our controller, we added a line to set the default value of `orderProp` to `age`. If we
-don't override the default value, angular uses the value of the first `<option>` element when it
-initializes the data model.
-
-* Our unit test now verifies that our default ordering property is set.
-
-* We added an end-to-end test to verify that our select box ordering mechanism works properly.
-
-* Once again we added a little more CSS to improve the View.
-
-<table id="tutorial_nav">
-<tr>
-<td id="previous_step">{@link tutorial.step_03 Previous}</td>
-<td id="step_result">{@link http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-4/app Example}</td>
-<td id="tut_home">{@link tutorial Tutorial Home}</td>
-<td id="code_diff">{@link https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-3...step-4 Code
-Diff}</td>
-<td id="next_step">{@link tutorial.step_05 Next}</td>
-</tr>
-</table>
+@ngdoc overview
+@name Tutorial: Step 4
+@description
+<table id="tutorial_nav">
+<tr>
+<td id="previous_step">{@link tutorial.step_03 Previous}</td>
+<td id="step_result">{@link http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-4/app Live Demo}</td>
+<td id="tut_home">{@link tutorial Tutorial Home}</td>
+<td id="code_diff">{@link https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-3...step-4 Code
+Diff}</td>
+<td id="next_step">{@link tutorial.step_05 Next}</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+In this step, you will add a feature to let your users select the order of the items in the phone
+list. The dynamic ordering is implemented by creating a new model property, wiring it together
+with the repeater, and letting the data binding magic do the rest of the work.
+
+
+1. Reset your workspace to Step 4 using:
+
+ git checkout --force step-4
+
+or
+
+ ./goto_step.sh 4
+
+2. Refresh your browser or check the app out on {@link
+http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-4/app our server}. You should see that in addition
+to the search box, the app displays a drop down menu that allows users to control the order in
+which the phones are listed.
+
+The most important changes are listed below. You can see the full diff on {@link
+https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-3...step-4
+GitHub}:
+
+
+## Template
+
+__`app/index.html`:__
+<pre>
+...
+ <ul class="predicates">
+ <li>
+ Search: <input type="text" name="query"/>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Sort by:
+ <select name="orderProp">
+ <option value="name">Alphabetical</option>
+ <option value="age">Newest</option>
+ </select>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <ul class="phones">
+ <li ng:repeat="phone in phones.$filter(query).$orderBy(orderProp)">
+ {{phone.name}}
+ <p>{{phone.snippet}}</p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+...
+</pre>
+
+In the `index.html` template we made the following changes:
+
+* First, we added a `<select>` html element named `orderProp`, so that our users can pick from the
+two provided sorting options.
+
+* We then chained the `$filter` method with `{@link angular.Array.orderBy $orderBy}` method to
+further process the input into the repeater.
+
+Angular creates a two way data-binding between the select element and the `orderProp` model.
+`orderProp` is then used as the input for the `$orderBy` method.
+
+As we discussed in the section about data-binding and the repeater in Step 3, whenever the model
+changes (for example because a user changes the order with the select drop down menu), angular's
+data-binding will cause the view to automatically update. No bloated DOM manipulation code is
+necessary!
+
+
+
+## Controller
+
+__`app/js/controller.js`:__
+<pre>
+/* App Controllers */
+
+function PhoneListCtrl() {
+ this.phones = [{"name": "Nexus S",
+ "snippet": "Fast just got faster with Nexus S.",
+ "age": 0},
+ {"name": "Motorola XOOM™ with Wi-Fi",
+ "snippet": "The Next, Next Generation tablet.",
+ "age": 1},
+ {"name": "MOTOROLA XOOM™",
+ "snippet": "The Next, Next Generation tablet.",
+ "age": 2}];
+
+ this.orderProp = 'age';
+}
+</pre>
+
+* We modified the `phones` model - the array of phones - and added an `age` property to each phone
+record. This property is used to order phones by age.
+
+* We added a line to the controller that sets the default value of `orderProp` to `age`. If we had
+not set the default value here, angular would have used the value of the first `<option>` element
+(`'name'`) when it initialized the data model.
+
+
+
+
+## Test
+
+The changes we made should be verified with both a unit test and an end-to-end test. Let's look at
+the unit test first.
+
+__`test/unit/controllerSpec.js`:__
+<pre>
+/* jasmine specs for controllers go here */
+describe('PhoneCat controllers', function() {
+
+ describe('PhoneListCtrl', function(){
+ var scope, $browser, ctrl;
+
+ beforeEach(function() {
+ ctrl = new PhoneListCtrl();
+ });
+
+
+ it('should create "phones" model with 3 phones', function() {
+ expect(ctrl.phones.length).toBe(3);
+ });
+
+
+ it('should set the default value of orderProp model', function() {
+ expect(ctrl.orderProp).toBe('age');
+ });
+ });
+});
+</pre>
+
+
+The unit test now verifies that the default ordering property is set.
+
+We used Jasmine's API to extract the controller construction into a `beforeEach` block, which is
+shared by all tests in the nearest `describe` block.
+
+To run the unit tests, once again execute the `./scripts/test.sh` script and you should see the
+following output.
+
+ Chrome: Runner reset.
+ ..
+ Total 2 tests (Passed: 2; Fails: 0; Errors: 0) (3.00 ms)
+ Chrome 11.0.696.57 Mac OS: Run 2 tests (Passed: 2; Fails: 0; Errors 0) (3.00 ms)
+
+
+Let's turn our attention to the end-to-end test.
+
+__`test/e2e/scenarios.js`:__
+<pre>
+...
+ it('should be possible to control phone order via the drop down select box', function() {
+ input('query').enter('tablet'); //let's narrow the dataset to make the test assertions
+ shorter
+
+ expect(repeater('.phones li', 'Phone List').column('a')).
+ toEqual(["Motorola XOOM\u2122 with Wi-Fi",
+ "MOTOROLA XOOM\u2122"]);
+
+ select('orderProp').option('alphabetical');
+
+ expect(repeater('.phones li', 'Phone List').column('a')).
+ toEqual(["MOTOROLA XOOM\u2122",
+ "Motorola XOOM\u2122 with Wi-Fi"]);
+ });
+...
+</pre>
+
+The end-to-end test verifies that the ordering mechanism of the select box is working correctly.
+
+You can now refresh the browser tab with the end-to-end test runner to see the tests run, or you
+can see them running on {@link
+http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-4/test/e2e/runner.html
+angular's server}.
+
+Now that you have added list sorting and tested the app, go to Step 5 to learn about angular
+services and how angular uses dependency injection.
+
+
+<table id="tutorial_nav">
+<tr>
+<td id="previous_step">{@link tutorial.step_03 Previous}</td>
+<td id="step_result">{@link http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-4/app Live Demo}</td>
+<td id="tut_home">{@link tutorial Tutorial Home}</td>
+<td id="code_diff">{@link https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-3...step-4 Code
+Diff}</td>
+<td id="next_step">{@link tutorial.step_05 Next}</td>
+</tr>
+</table>