Changes between Version 3 and Version 4 of DeveloperGuidelines/EdenMobile/Routing

Timestamp:

03/30/17 12:16:07 (8 years ago)

Author:

Dominic König

Comment:

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DeveloperGuidelines/EdenMobile/Routing

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 == View and Controller ==
 
-The role of controllers and views is equivalent to controllers/views in the Sahana Eden web application.
+The role of controllers and views is equivalent to controllers/views in the Sahana Eden web application. The view template is rendered, and the state controller executed, when the state is first entered (unless reloading is enforced in $state.go, then both would be reloaded). 
 
-The view template is rendered, and the state controller executed when the state is first entered (unless reloading is enforced in $state.go, then both would be reloaded).
+View and controller in EdenMobile are connected through the AngularJS "model" (=a data object in memory similar to Sahana Eden's ''response''). Access to the "model" is provided by the {{{$scope}}} service, which is why we commonly refer to it as the '''Scope''' rather than the "Model" (also to avoid confusion with database table schemas which are called "models" in Sahana Eden). 
 
-Unlike Sahana Eden view templates, though, placeholders in EdenMobile views are updated whenever the corresponding {{{$scope}}} attribute changes, e.g. a template
+Note, however, that the scope is not a singleton like ''response'': scopes are hierarchical, and usually upwards-transparent (although they can be fully isolated).
 
+And unlike Sahana Eden ''responses'', placeholders in EdenMobile views are ''updated'' whenever the corresponding {{{$scope}}} attribute changes, e.g. a template like:
 {{{#!xml
 <!-- in the view: -->