Matt

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• Isolating The ngModel Two-Way Data Binding Life-Cycle In AngularJS

  Posted on Nov 3, 2015 at 12:21 PM

  Maybe you should switch to backbone.js if you don't like angular binding. 2-way data binding is a core feature of angular. The angular team was trying to help the web act more like a desktop MVC app where you don't need to worry about the view and controller having out-of-sync data. Desktop apps hav... read more »

• Always Trigger The $destroy Event Before Removing Elements In AngularJS Directives

  Posted on Apr 4, 2015 at 4:04 PM

  Sure @Douglas, The problem here is that we are all thinking of different types of directives. There are many different types of directives. I can think of three styles off the top of my head. There are probably more. 1. Sometimes they are widgets (probably most common). These often have isolate sco... read more »

• Always Trigger The $destroy Event Before Removing Elements In AngularJS Directives

  Posted on Mar 20, 2015 at 12:23 PM

  A different, but related great article about nested scopes by Gleb (spoke at ng-conf 2015): http://glebbahmutov.com/blog/separate-model-from-view-in-angular/ I think destroying at the wrong time and creating scope within a directive's link is due to not following best practices. Granted, there ar... read more »

• Always Trigger The $destroy Event Before Removing Elements In AngularJS Directives

  Posted on Dec 20, 2014 at 11:44 PM

  Another very important point is to not always destroy scope. If you want to remove the element, you should not always destroy the scope. I have written directives that remove elements that cannot destroy the scope because it is using the existing scope. Example: http://jsfiddle.net/mslocum/cLoh0p91... read more »