It sounds to me like DataFactory should return a promise instead. On Thursday, May 1, 2014 1:13:44 PM UTC-7, Billy Figueroa wrote: > > I do have a service. Its called DataFactory. > > I just found that you can achieve the same results with out using a > factory and calling the factory in each controller. > > The way I have my app setup I am getting the current users data in a > MainController which I set on the body tag so EVERY single page and > controller instantiated with that route will have MainController as a > parent. > > I could then load the data using $timeout OR as you mentioned just use a > service. Using a service means I call my DataFactory in every single > controller that I need that data which although it seems like thats the > point of services and dependency injection, it causes multiple calls of the > same code. Whereas with a simple timeout I can just grab the data that is > already there in the parent controller. > > I am using the service/ factory method for sure, but I just wanted to know > if its bad practice to do it the other way > > On Thursday, May 1, 2014 4:06:43 PM UTC-4, Chris Rhoden wrote: >> >> The 0 isn't necessary, and using $timeout to defer some action isn't an >> antipattern, but the rest of your message concerns me. If you're >> communicating between controllers using $scope, you're doing it wrong. Make >> a service if two controllers need to share state. >> >> >> On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 4:04 PM, Billy Figueroa <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Is is bad practice to use $timeout with a time of 0? >>> >>> i.e. >>> $timeout(function() { >>> // some action here >>> }, 0); >>> >>> I find that sometimes data doesn't load in a child controller and I may >>> want to use this. I have avoided using it, but what are peoples experience >>> with this? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "AngularJS" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/angular. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> chrisrhoden >> >
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