AngularJS Example
HTML
<div ng-app="">
<div ng-controller="Ctrl">
<pre>Sorting predicate = {{predicate}}; reverse = {{reverse}}</pre>
<hr/>
[ <a href="" ng-click="predicate=''">unsorted</a> ]
<table class="friend">
<tr>
<th><a href="" ng-click="predicate = 'name'; reverse=false">Name</a>
(<a href ng-click="predicate = '-name'; reverse=false">^</a>)</th>
<th><a href="" ng-click="predicate = 'phone'; reverse=!reverse">Phone Number</a></th>
<th><a href="" ng-click="predicate = 'age'; reverse=!reverse">Age</a></th>
<tr>
<tr ng-repeat="friend in friends | orderBy:predicate">
<td>{{friend.name}}</td>
<td>{{friend.phone}}</td>
<td>{{friend.age}}</td>
<tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
CSS
</style> <!-- Ugly Hack due to jsFiddle issue: http://goo.gl/BUfGZ -->
<script src="http://code.angularjs.org/1.0.1/angular-1.0.1.min.js"></script>
<style>
.ng-invalid { border: 1px solid red; }
JavaScript
function Ctrl($scope) {
$scope.friends =
[{name:'John', phone:'555-1212', age:10},
{name:'Mary', phone:'555-9876', age:19},
{name:'Mike', phone:'555-4321', age:21},
{name:'Adam', phone:'555-5678', age:35},
{name:'Julie', phone:'555-8765', age:29}]
$scope.predicate = '-age';
}