AngularJS Live Example

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div ng-controller = "fessCntrl"> 
  <button ng-show='increaseFoo() < SOME_LIMIT'>press  me</button>
</div>

JavaScript

var fessmodule = angular.module('myModule', []);

fessmodule.controller('fessCntrl', function ($scope) {
    $scope.SOME_LIMIT = 10;    
    
    $scope.foo = 8;
   
    
    $scope.increaseFoo = function(){
        return $scope.foo++;
         };
    
});

fessmodule.$inject = ['$scope'];