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JavaScript AngularJS Basics (1.x) Services in Angular What are services?

Posted by Adam White
Adam White
10,571 Points

I messed code up in Angular, and can't figure it out.

I don't know enough to understand what is going on here. Wish I could look at the finished code somewhere without having to resort immediately to the forums. Thanks.

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier -- app.js:1

which is:

angular.module("todoListApp", [])

the complete app.js code: 

angular.module("todoListApp", []) 

.controller('mainCtrl', function($scope, dataService){
  $scope.helloConsole = dataService.helloConsole;

  $scope.learningNgChange = function() {
   console.log("An input changed!"); 
  };

  $scope.todos = [
    {"name": "clean the house"},
    {"name": "water the dog"},
    {"name": "feed the lawn"},
    {"name": "pay dem bills"},
    {"name": "run"},
    {"name": "swim"}    
  ]

})
.service('dateService', function() {

    this.helloConsole = function() {
      console.log('This is the hello console service!');
    }

});

The index.html:

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <title></title>
  <link href='https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Varela+Round' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
  <link href='styles/main.css' rel='stylesheet' type="text/css">
</head>
<body ng-app="todoListApp">
    <h1 ng-click="helloWorld()">My TODOs</h1>
    <div ng-controller="mainCtrl" class="list">
      <div class="item" ng-class="{'editing-item': editing, 'edited': todo.edited}" ng-repeat="todo in todos">
         <input ng-model="todo.completed" type="checkbox"/>
         <label ng-hide="editing" ng-click="helloWorld()"> 
           {{todo.name}}</label>
         <input ng-change="todo.edited = true" ng-blur="editing = false;" ng-show="editing" ng-model="todo.name" class="editing-label" type="text"/>
           <div class="actions">
              <a href="" ng-click=" editing = !editing" >Edit</a>
              <a href="" ng-click="helloConsole()">Save</a>
              <a href="" class="Delete">delete</a>
           </div>
        </div>
      {{todos}}
    </div>
  <script src="vendor/angular.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
  <script src="scripts/app.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body>
</html>

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Adam,

You have a typo on your first argument to the service() method. It should be dataService, not dateService

.service('dataService', function() {
Adam White
Adam White
10,571 Points
Adam White
Adam White
10,571 Points

Oh my God. Such a silly mistake that I repeatedly missed when checking the code 5-6 times.

Thanks for your help.