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brandonlind2
brandonlind2
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Posted by brandonlind2
brandonlind2
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difference between directive and controller?

In angular.js what is the difference between a directive and a controller? I'm a bit confused to what exactly the difference is, they both seemed to be used to add content to a page, controllers just seem to have scope. i understand the need to use both in a website, why not just use controllers only. maybe i'm not understanding something correctly?

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David Bath
David Bath
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David Bath
David Bath
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They have different purposes. As I understand it, directives act as "hooks" in the HTML that allow you to attach behavior/functionality to elements. Controllers are functions that contain application logic. So while directives are more closely related to the "view" of MVC, controllers are, well, the "controllers" in MVC. That's the basic difference.