Day 18: Re-Factory-ing

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Topics

Controllers

• Should only handle logic that directly relates to the view
• Defer Controller Logic to Services
• Making Skinny AngularJS Controllers - a well-explained article showing the before and after of refactoring a controller using services

Factories

• Handle the business logic so your controllers can be slim and focused
• Single Responsibility
• Accessible Members Up Top - Similar to ‘bindable members up top’ for controllers
• angular.service vs angular.factory

Basic Setup of an Angular Factory (IIFE excluded for brevity)

angular
  .module('myModule')
  .factory('myFactory', myFactory);

function myFactory() {
  var service = {};

  return service;
}

Homework

• Review today’s commit history
• We set up the authService factory and created the register property on it. Continue adding additional properties to the factory to refactor the other methods and dependencies in the AuthController

Project

Mutant Office Hours: Source