Object oriented approach with AngularJS

I think that the closest structure to an Object it's probably a factory, for several reasons:

Basic Syntax:

.factory('myFactory', function (anInjectable) {  // This can be seen as a private function, since cannot  // be accessed from outside of the factory   var privateFunction = function (data) {    // do something     return data  }  // Here you can have some logic that will be run when   // you instantiate the factory  var somethingUseful = anInjectable.get()  var newThing = privateFunction(somethingUseful)  // Here starts your public APIs (public methods)  return {    iAmTrue: function () {      return true    },    iAmFalse: function () {      return false    },    iAmConfused: function () {      return null    }  }})

And then you can use it like a standard Object:

var obj = new myFactory()// This will of course print 'true'console.log( obj.iAmTrue() )

Hope this helps, I perfectly know that the first impact with angular modules can be pretty intense...

You would use an angular service.

All angular services are singletons and can be injected into any controller.

Ideally you would keep only binding/actions on html in your controller and the rest of the logic would be in your service.

Hope this helps.

I got idea by evaluating this library : https://github.com/FacultyCreative/ngActiveResource

However this library assumes strict rest so I it wasn't work for me. What did work for is this:

I created base Model

var app = angular.module('app', []);    app .factory('Model', function(){        var _cache = {};  // holding existing instances         function Model() {           var _primaryKey = 'ID',               _this = this;              _this.new = function(data) {                 // Here is factory for creating instances or                  // extending existing ones with data provided               }         }       return Model;}); 

Than I took simple function extensions "inherits"

Function.prototype.inherits = function (base) {        var _constructor;        _constructor = this;        return _constructor = base.apply(_constructor);    };

and now I cam creating my models like this

app.factory('Blog', [   'Model',   '$http',   function(Model, $http) {     function Blog() {      // my custom properties and computations goes here      Object.defineProperty(this, 'MyComputed' , {        get: function() { return this.Prop1 + this.Prop2  }      });     }     // Set blog to inherits model     Blog.inherits(Model);    // My crud operations     Blog.get = function(id) {     return $http.get('/some/url', {params: {id:id}}).then(function(response) {       return Blog.new(response.data);     });    }    return Blog;   }]);

Finally, using it in controller

app.controller('MyCtrl', [   '$scope', 'Blog',    function($scope, Blog) {      Blog.get(...).then(function(blog) {        $scope.blog = blog;      });    }])

Now, there is much more in our Model and extensions but this would be a main principle. I am not claiming this is best approach but I am working pretty big app and it really works great for me.

NOTE: Please note that I typed this code here and could be some errors but main principle is here.