This looks like a really robust library for resources Erin! Has some additional types of methods you can call on a promise as well. Looks like it would be at least worth trying.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:31 AM, Michael Jett <[email protected]> wrote: > Good find Erin. I think this is definitely something worth exploring. > "Restangular supports method chaining to build complex requests." (drool) > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Erin Noe-Payne > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:28 AM, Chris Geer <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Erin Noe-Payne < > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > >> Yeah all good points Chris. We are on 1.0.x which is officially the > last > > >> stable release, but maybe it makes sense to go to 1.1.6. > > >> > > > > > > Erin, I trust you guys will make the right decision here. I was just > > wanted > > > to pass along what he said. He also said he wanted to try the library > you > > > suggested so who knows, he might want to switch us over as well. > > > > > Maybe. I actually prefer the $resource api but it felt like it was > > lacking a bit. 1.2 has a release candidate out now so I'm going to > > give it a try and see how it compares. > > > > >> > > >> On Wednesday, August 28, 2013, Chris Geer wrote: > > >> > > >> > On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Erin Noe-Payne < > > >> [email protected]<javascript:;> > > >> > >wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Hey All, > > >> > > > > >> > > Based on our discussion surrounding RAVE 1048 [1], I was looking > at > > >> > > how to improve our resource functionality to support PUT > > operations. I > > >> > > came across the Restangular library [2], which offers an > alternative > > >> > > to ngResource. Restangular resources provide out of the box > support > > >> > > for PUT and PATCH methods, and return promises rather than empty > > >> > > objects, which means they work better with the resolve arguments > for > > >> > > routing and controllers. > > >> > > > > >> > > I'm going to try it out and submit a patch with the changes so > > anyone > > >> > > who is interested can compare - but weigh in now if you have any > > >> > > opinion. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > FYI - I asked my UI engineer about this seeing if he wanted to use > it > > >> > internally and this was his response for what it's worth. > > >> > > > >> > One thing to note is that we are using angular 1.1.5 and the code > has > > >> been > > >> > written in a way to easily move to angular 1.2 once it is finalized. > > In > > >> > angular 1.2 the $resource does return a promise making it a tough to > > >> beat. > > >> > Also the core angular team has focused a lot on the $http and > > $resource > > >> > during the 1.2 development resulting in several breaking changes. > So > > I > > >> > would be concerned that this plugin may not be on the same course as > > the > > >> > angular team. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > >> > > Erin > > >> > > > > >> > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RAVE-1048 > > >> > > [2] https://github.com/mgonto/restangular > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >
