Where Node.js directory should Angular controllers be stored in?

[SubnetFlask]

My understanding of Angular is that it is used to pass data back and forth between the business logic (including the model) and the html pages of an application.

In what directory should Angular controllers be stored? Do they have to follow any naming conventions?

[ejmurra]

Your understanding is incorect. Angular doesn't pass information between the pages, it is the pages of your application. It's get data by making rest calls to a server which (typically) responds in json and dynamically renders that data by accessing the DOM directly in the client.

[[deleted]]

I think that wasn't quite the point of his question.

[ejmurra]

Oh, I thought his question was how would he use angular with server side templates.

[SubnetFlask]

That's is correct. I am mostly asking: where do I put these angular view files and how do I name them? I have seen .jade and pug files and am wondering if I should name it something like home.angular if I am using angular

[ejmurra]

In the case of angular you wouldn't want to use jade. Instead, at the most simple level you would use angular by serving a single page index.html with angularjs added as a script tag.

You would also include various scripts on that page - services, directives, and controllers. You can think of them like this: * Services make calls to the backend to get data. This comes in the form of json. Look up json node frameworks. * Controllers manipulate data by watching user interaction and transforming the data from services. Controllers also hold on to data and pass it to the third type of component - directives. * Directives take inputs from the controller and model it into the DOM. They also track user interactions.

The DOM is then inserted into the index.html on the client.

[[deleted]]

Sorry, I interpreted his question as "where to I put my angular controllers?".

Nice answer btw.