I am new to AngularJS. I try to find out whats the difference between these two controller definitions:
app.controller('simpleController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
}]);
app.controller('simpleController', function($scope) {
});
I always use the second example, but sometimes I see people using the first example. Why should I do that? Is the controller in the first example inheriting another $scope variable?
The first example
app.controller('simpleController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
}]);
lets you minify your code
minifer converts $scope to variable a.but its identity is still preserved in the strings.
so use first example if you would like to minify your code later.
Those two controller definitions do the exact same thing. In the first definition, you're explicitly telling Angular the name of the dependency through the use of a string. This allows you to minify your code, since minifiers do not change the contents of strings.
In the second definition, Angular infers what dependency to inject by looking at the parameter name, and thus minifying this code will break it.
