AngularJS Web Application Development Cookbook

The "Controller as" syntax

AngularJS 1.2 introduced the ability to namespace your controller methods using the "controller as" syntax. This allows you to abstract $scope in controllers and provide more contextual information in the template.

Getting ready

Suppose you had a simple application set up as follows:

(index.html)

<div ng-app="myApp">
  <div ng-controller="Ctrl">
    {{ data }}
  </div>
</div>

(app.js)

angular.module('myApp', [])
.controller('Ctrl', function($scope) {
  $scope.data = "This is string data";
});

How to do it…

The simplest way to take advantage of the "controller as" syntax is inside the ng-controller directive in a template. This allows you to namespace pieces of data in the view, which should feel good to you as more declarative views ...