Promises in AngularJS

Promises in AngularJS — a practical guide to AngularJS promises with clear examples you can reuse in real projects.

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Short description

$http returns promises; compose them instead of nesting callbacks.

Promise tip

ItemService.list()
  .then(function (items) { vm.items = items; return items[0]; })
  .then(function (first) { return ItemService.get(first.id); });