Factory vs Service

angularjs factory vs service do the same thing, just a different way of instantiation

by mslocum

HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.16/angular.min.js"></script>
<div my-dir></div>

JavaScript

var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
    
app.directive('myDir', function($compile){
    return {
        template: 'Stuff here',
        link: {
            pre: function(scope, el, attrs) {
                console.log('pre link');
            },
            post: function() {
                console.log('post link');
            }
        },
        controller: function() {
            console.log('controller');
        }
    }
});