I’m trying to set up a little POC to see whether or not angular would work for something I’m in the middle of.
I set up a REST server which I am able to CRUD with via angular. However, as the documentation and tutorials out there are so all over the place (read: SUPER inconsistent), I am not sure that the behavior I’m not seeing is the result of incorrect code or it’s not something I can do like this.
I’ve gleaned from the docs that two-way binding is available, but it isn’t clear how it works. NB I’ve read dozens of articles explaining how it works at a low level a’la https://stackoverflow.com/a/9693933/2044377 but haven’t been able to answer my own question.
I have angular speaking to a REST service which modifies a sql db.
What I am wondering about and am trying to POC is if I have 2 browsers open and I change a value in the db, will it reflect in the other browser window?
As I said, I have it updating the db, but as of now it is not updating the other browser window.
app.js
angular.module('myApp', ['ngResource']);
var appMock = angular.module('appMock', ['myApp', 'ngMockE2E']);
appMock.run(function($httpBackend) {});
controllers.js
function MainCtrl($scope, $http, $resource) {
$scope.message = "";
$scope.fruits = [];
$scope.fruit = {};
$scope.view = 'partials/list.html';
var _URL_ = '/cirest/index.php/rest/fruit';
function _use_$resources_() { return false; }
function _fn_error(err) {
$scope.message = err;
}
$scope.listFruits = function() {
$scope.view = 'partials/list.html';
var fn_success = function(data) {
$scope.fruits = data;
};
$http.get(_URL_).success(fn_success).error(_fn_error);
}
function _fn_success_put_post(data) {
$scope.fruit = {};
$scope.listFruits();
}
function createFruit() {
$http.post(_URL_, $scope.fruit).success(function(data){
$scope.listFruits()
}).error(_fn_error);
}
function updateFruit() {
$http.post(_URL_, $scope.fruit).success(_fn_success_put_post).error(_fn_error);
}
function deleteFruit() {
$http.put(_URL_, $scope.fruit).success(_fn_success_put_post).error(_fn_error);
}
$scope.delete = function(id) {
if (!confirm("Are you sure you want do delete the fruit?")) return;
$http.delete("/cirest/index.php/rest/fruit?id=" + id).success(_fn_success_put_post).error(_fn_error);
}
$scope.newFruit = function() {
$scope.fruit = {};
$scope.fruitOperation = "New fruit";
$scope.buttonLabel = "Create";
$scope.view = "partials/form.html";
}
$scope.edit = function(id) {
$scope.fruitOperation = "Modify fruit";
$scope.buttonLabel = "Save";
$scope.message = "";
var fn_success = function(data) {
$scope.fruit = {};
$scope.fruit.id = id;
$scope.view = 'partials/form.html';
};
$http.get(_URL_ + '/' + id).success(fn_success).error(_fn_error);
}
$scope.save = function() {
if ($scope.fruit.id) {
updateFruit();
}
else {
createFruit();
}
}
$scope.cancel = function() {
$scope.message = "";
$scope.fruit = {};
$scope.fruits = [];
$scope.listFruits();
}
$scope.listFruits();
}
MainCtrl.$inject = ['$scope', '$http', '$resource'];
list.html
{{message}}
<hr/>
<a href="" ng-click="newFruit()">New Fruit</a>
<ul ng-model="listFruit">
<li ng-repeat="fruit in fruits">
<a href="" ng-click="edit(fruit.id)">id [{{fruit.id}}] {{fruit.name}} is {{fruit.color}}</a>
[<a href="" ng-click="delete(fruit.id)">X</a>]
</li>
</ul>
index.html
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en" ng-app="myApp">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>FRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUIT</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css"/>
</head>
<body>
<div class="navbar">NAVBARRRRRRRRRRR</div>
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div ng-controller="MainCtrl">
<button ng-click="listFruits()">ListFruit()</button>
<button ng-click="cancel()">Cancel()</button>
<ng-include src="view"></ng-include>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- In production use:
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.4/angular.min.js"></script>
-->
<script src="lib/angular/angular.js"></script>
<script src="lib/angular/angular-resource.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
<script src="js/services.js"></script>
<script src="js/controllers.js"></script>
<script src="js/filters.js"></script>
<script src="js/directives.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
form.html
<h3>{{fruitOperation}}</h3>
<hr/>
<form name="fruitForm">
<input type="hidden" name="" ng-model="fruit.id" />
<p><label>name</label><input type="text" name="name" ng-model="fruit.name" value="dfgdfgdfg" required="true" /></p>
<p><label>color</label><input type="text" name="color" ng-model="fruit.color" value="fruit.color" required="true" /></p>
<hr/>
<input type="submit" ng-click="save()" value="{{buttonLabel}}" /> <button ng-click="cancel()">Cancel</button>
</form>
Thanks for any insight or pointers.
Two-way binding refers to changes occurring in your controller’s scope showing up in your views and vice-versa. Angular does not have any implicit knowledge of your server-side data. In order for your changes to show up in another open browser window, for example, you will need to have a notification layer which pushes changes to the client via long polling, web sockets, etc.