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{@link tutorial.step_01 Previous}{@link http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-2/app Example}{@link tutorial Tutorial Home}{@link https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-1...step-2 Code +Diff}{@link tutorial.step_03 Next}
+ +In the last step, we remembered what a basic, static web page looks like, and now we want to get +dynamic. There are many ways to do this, but an important feature of angular is the incorporation +of the principles behind {@link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model–View–Controller the MVC design +pattern} into client-side web apps. With that in mind, let's use a little angular and a little +JavaScript to add Model, View, and Controller components to our app, and change the static page +into one that is dynamically generated. + +Our __View__ component is constructed by angular from this template: + +__`app/index.html`:__ +
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+ +Our data __Model__ (a short list of phones in object literal notation) is instantiated within our +__Controller__ function (`PhoneListCtrl`): + +__`app/js/controllers.js`:__ +
+/* App Controllers */
+
+function PhoneListCtrl() {
+  this.phones = [{"name": "Nexus S",
+                  "snippet": "Fast just got faster with Nexus S."},
+                 {"name": "Motorola XOOM™ with Wi-Fi",
+                  "snippet": "The Next, Next Generation tablet."},
+                 {"name": "MOTOROLA XOOM™",
+                  "snippet": "The Next, Next Generation tablet."}];
+}
+
+ +The "Angular way" urges us to test as we develop: + +__`test/unit/controllersSpec.js`:__ +
+/* jasmine specs for controllers go here */
+describe('PhoneCat controllers', function() {
+
+  describe('PhoneListCtrl', function(){
+
+    it('should create "phones" model with 3 phones', function() {
+      var ctrl = new PhoneListCtrl();
+      expect(ctrl.phones.length).toBe(3);
+    });
+  });
+});
+
+ +## Discussion: + +So what were our changes from Step 1? + +* __View template:__ We replaced the hard-coded phone list with the {@link +angular.widget.@ng:repeat ng:repeat widget} and two {@link guide.expression angular expressions} +enclosed in curly braces: `{{phone.name}}` and `{{phone.snippet}}`: + + * The `ng:repeat="phone in phones"` statement in the `
  • ` tag is an angular repeater. It + tells angular to create a `
  • ` element for each phone in the phones list, using the first + `
  • ` tag as the template. + + * The curly braces around `phone.name` and `phone.snippet` are an example of {@link + angular.markup angular markup}. The curly braces are shorthand for the angular directive + {@link angular.directive.ng:bind ng:bind}. They indicate to angular that these are template + binding points. Binding points are locations in the template where angular creates + data-binding between the View and the Model. In angular, the View is a projection of the Model + through the HTML template. This means that whenever the model changes, angular refreshes the + appropriate binding points, which updates the view. + +* __Controller:__ At this point, it doesn't appear as if our controller is doing very much +controlling, but it is playing a crucial role: providing context for our data model so we can +establish data-binding between the model and the view. Note in the following how we connected the +dots between our presentation, data, and logic components: + + * The name of our controller function (in the JavaScript file `controllers.js`) matches the + {@link angular.directive.ng:controller ng:controller} directive in the `` tag + (`PhoneListCtrl`). + * We instantiated our data within the scope of our controller function, and our template + binding points are located within the block bounded by the ` + + {@link tutorial.step_01 Previous} + {@link http://angular.github.com/angular-phonecat/step-2/app Example} + {@link tutorial Tutorial Home} +{@link https://github.com/angular/angular-phonecat/compare/step-1...step-2 Code +Diff} + {@link tutorial.step_03 Next} + + -- cgit v1.2.3