Integrating AngularJS with Existing JavaScript and jQuery
The fact that AngularJS is based on JavaScript and jQuery makes it tempting to simply try to add it to existing applications to provide data binding or other functionality. That approach will almost always end up in problem code that is difficult to maintain. However, using AngularJS doesn’t mean that you need to simply toss out your existing code either. Often you can selectively take working JavaScript/jQuery components and convert them to either directives or services.
This also brings up another issue: when to use the full version of jQuery as opposed to the jQuery lite version that is provided with AngularJS? I know that many people have strong views in both directions. On one hand, ...
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