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Zailey Walls
5,427 PointsAngular: What does this error in the console mean?
Error: [ng:areq] http://errors.angularjs.org/1.5.0/ng/areq?p0=aboutController&p1=not%20aNaNunction%2C%20got%20undefined
at Error (native)
at https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:6:416
at sb (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:23:63)
at Sa (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:23:150)
at https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:86:318
at A.link (http://port-80-x81rup9szl.treehouse-app.com/vendor/angular-route.min.js:7:274)
at ka (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:79:16)
at u (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:66:326)
at g (https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:58:136)
at https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js:57:279
app.js
var app = angular.module('appName', ['ngRoute']);
app.config(function($routeProvider) {
$routeProvider
.when('/', {
controller: 'homeController',
templateUrl: '../views/home.html'
})
.when('/about', {
controller: 'aboutController',
templateUrl: '../views/about.html'
})
.otherwise({
redirectTo: '/'
});
});
Controller #1
app.controller('aboutController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
}]);
Controller #2
app.controller('homeController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
}]);
index.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Angular App</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/bootstrap.min.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/app.css">
</head>
<body ng-app="appName">
<div class="container">
<div class="row">
<div ng-view></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- angular -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.5.0/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="vendor/angular-route.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular-animate.js"></script>
<script src="js/app.js"></script>
<!-- bootstrap -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<!-- controllers -->
<script src="js/controllers/homeController.js"></script>
<!-- directives -->
<!-- services -->
<script src="js/services/data.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
1 Answer

Aidan Pine
9,210 PointsIt looks like it has something to do with your angular.module. Perhaps you have it defined incorrectly, or defined in two places, or you have two modules with the same name. Could also be that you created a new module and didn't inject it into your application. Can you post the code?
https://docs.angularjs.org/error/ng/areq https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21673404/error-ngareq-from-angular-controller
Zailey Walls
5,427 PointsZailey Walls
5,427 PointsYes i can. One moment...
Aidan Pine
9,210 PointsAidan Pine
9,210 PointsHave you included ng-app="appName" in index.html somewhere?