Javascript

Continuing on with our adventure with PhoneGap and AngularJs we are going to explore the PhoneGap Notification API and create a AngularJs service that lets the two work together a bit better.

The Notification API for PhoneGap allows for us to present native alerts, confirms, prompts, and beeps to the user of the iOS app. Most of these are fairly straight forward but will go into detail ofalert as it is a good basis for the rest of the exposed API.

After using AngularJs for awhile I needed to extend the built in$filter("currency") to add a bit of css magic to some of my elements. I wanted to add a class to the text so I can style the element to give it a distinct look for positive and negative values. I also did not want to reinvent the currency filter.

One build tool that I really like is gulp. If you're not familiar with gulp, the cool thing about it is that it uses node's streams as a performant piping mechanism to connect multiple tiny modules that do one thing, and one thing well.

Now back to Angular and the tedious process I explained before. With ng-annotate the inline array annotation becomes unnecessary, even though your code can still be minified.

Many developers struggle with how to organize an application's code base once it grows in size. I've seen this recently in AngularJS and JavaScript applications but historically it's been a problem across all technologies including many Java and Flex apps I've worked on in the past.

The general trend is an obsession with organizing things by type. It bears a striking resemblance to the way people organize their clothing.