A JavaBean is just a standard. It is a regular Java class, except it follows certain conventions: All properties are private (use getters/setters) A public no-argument constructor Implements Serializable. That’s it. It’s just a convention. Lots of libraries depend on it though. With respect to Serializable, from the API documentation: Serializability of a class is … Read more
From the AngularJS mailing list I got an amazing thread that explains service vs factory vs provider and their injection usage. Compiling the answers: Services Syntax: module.service( ‘serviceName’, function ); Result: When declaring serviceName as an injectable argument you will be provided with an instance of the function. In other words new FunctionYouPassedToService(). Factories Syntax: … Read more
The best definition I’ve found so far is one by James Shore: “Dependency Injection” is a 25-dollar term for a 5-cent concept. […] Dependency injection means giving an object its instance variables. […]. There is an article by Martin Fowler that may prove useful, too. Dependency injection is basically providing the objects that an object … Read more