Reference issue across files

[madskristensen]

In my simple Angular app (https://github.com/madskristensen/betternamegenerator) I can't seem to make this work when the app is defined in one file and a controller in another.

Specifically, I don't get the Intellisense for $location in the file /app/controllers/nameController.js

I might be doing something wrong with ordering inside _references.js but no matter what I do it doesn't pick up the Intellisense.

Am I doing something wrong?

Btw, I added _Intellisense.js to the global reference list in Tools -> Options -> JavaScript. It seems to work fine when I do everything in a single .js file, but not when I split up my logic as I normally would.

[madskristensen]

Ok, so it doesn't work in this case

app.js

var nameApp = angular.module('nameApp', ['ngRoute']);

nameController.js

nameApp.controller('nameController', ['$scope', '$location', 'testimonialFactory', function ($scope, $location, testimonialFactory) {

I do get Intellisense for nameApp, but not for $location inside the function.

If I change nameController.js to do this, then it works:

angular.module("nameApp").controller('nameController', ['$scope', '$location', 'testimonialFactory', function ($scope, $location, testimonialFactory) {

Is it fixable?

[madskristensen]

Dude, this is extraordinary. It works!!!!! Thanks so much

[jmbledsoe]

Glad to do this. I must admit that it does just push the problem down one layer. If for instance your module was stored in a property of a global object then this solution wouldn't find it.

var container = {};
container.nameApp = angular.module('nameApp', ['ngRoute']);

I suppose the code block I added could be recursive, traversing the properties (and properties of properties) of objects off the window, but I suspect that could have an adverse impact on performance.

All of this is to work around the fact that you can't get a list of registered modules from AngularJS. If you could then that list could be your starting point and the module override and window traversal would be unnecessary.

[jmbledsoe]

Tried to get this to work and performance doesn't seem to be a problem, but the container is empty during traversal, which is odd and unexpected. I created an experimental branch to mess with this, but perhaps somebody who is a bit more versed in Visual Studio JavaScript intellisense could figure out why it isn't working as expected.