The age old question of Angular 1.x. When do I use the service, factory, or provider? These lessons should help you decide!

Creating your own services in AngularJS can be confusing.  What are the differences between an AngularJS module's Service, Provider, Factory, and Value functions? This lesson shows how Angular's value function allows you to use register a plain JavaScript object as an AngularJS service.

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Services, Factories, and Providers: Creating a Value Object

Creating your own services in AngularJS can be confusing.  What are the differences between an AngularJS module's Service, Provider and Factory functions? This lesson shows how Angular's service function is just a constructor function.

Services, Factories, and Providers: Creating a Service

Creating your own services in AngularJS can be confusing.  What are the differences between an AngularJS module's Service, Provider and Factory functions? This lesson shows how Angular's factory function is just the JavaScript module design pattern.

Services, Factories, and Providers: Creating a Factory

Creating your own services in AngularJS can be confusing.  What are the differences between an AngularJS module's Service, Provider and Factory functions? This lesson shows how Angular's provider function is just a configurable JavaScript module.

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