Assuming my application has a variable "globalFruits" that keeps track of all the "Fruits" within my app.
var globalFruits = {}
globalFruits['Pear'] = {name:'Pear', color:'green'}; globalFruits['Apple'] = {name:'Apple', color:'Blue'};
How should this global variable be included in my AngularJS application such that I can have directives or scopes that can call it and check on its state? Or is that not the AngularJS way?
You can define a value for your module :
app.value('globalFruits', {
Pear: {name:'Pear', color:'green'},
Apple: {name:'Apple', color:'Blue'}
);
Then, you can inject this value when you want to work with it :
app.controller('MyController', ['$scope', 'globalFruits', function($scope, globalFruits) {
$scope.globalFruits = globalFruits;
}]);
There is a $rootScope model which can be used for things like that
app.config(['$rootScope', function ($rootScope) {
$rootScope.fruits = [
{name:'Pear', color:'green'},
{name:'Apple', color:'Blue'}
];
}]);
Which you can use as usual in your HTML view:
<ul>
<li ng-repeat="fruit in fruits">{{ fruit.name }}</li>
</ul>
To debug scope variables in your browser, you may want to install and use AngularJS Batarang extension for Google Chrome.
More info: http://docs.angularjs.org/guide/scope
