I am new to AngularJS and I am trying to make sure I do everything correctly. I have just come across something which I think could be improved, so I thought I would ask it here. I have 2 controllers:
.controller('RecentOrdersController', ['OrderService', function (service) {
var self = this; // store our controller in a variable
self.loading = true; // This is what the ajax loading gif looks at to see if it should be displayed
self.orders = []; // Our orders array
service.recent(30).then(function (response) { // Get the 30 most recent orders
for (var i = 0; i < response.data.length; i++) {
var order = response.data[i]; // Store the order in a variable (for use later)
var desciption = service.getDescription(order); // Get our description
order.description = desciption; // Set our order description
self.orders.push(order); // Push our order to our array
}
self.loading = false; // Set our loading flag to false (hide the ajax loading gif);
});
}])
.controller('SyncFailureOrdersController', ['OrderService', function (service) {
var self = this; // store our controller in a variable
self.loading = true; // This is what the ajax loading gif looks at to see if it should be displayed
self.orders = []; // Our orders array
service.syncFailures(30).then(function (response) { // Get the 30 most sync failures
for (var i = 0; i < response.data.length; i++) {
var order = response.data[i]; // Store the order in a variable (for use later)
var desciption = service.getDescription(order); // Get our description
order.description = desciption; // Set our order description
self.orders.push(order); // Push our order to our array
}
self.loading = false; // Set our loading flag to false (hide the ajax loading gif);
});
}])
As you can see, these 2 controllers are nearly identical. The only differences are that they call different functions from the same service. What I would like to do is (somehow) create a base controller or something like that, where I won't be repeating code so much.
In fact, most of my controllers have a self.loading variable, so it would be good if I could create a base controller that always has that variable exposed.
If I am way of point, please let me know what I could do to make my code better.
