I'll start by saying I'm just learning about Angular.js, and I was reading this article, which seems to advocate for obtrusive javascript as the right thing:

http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-for-the-jquery-developer.html

My understanding is that unobtrusive javascript is generally considered "the right thing" (which is perhaps debatable, but outside the scope of my question). But I was wondering if there is a particular feature of angular.js that requires event bindings be specified via attributes like ng-click? Is there a way to use angular.js and NOT use inline event bindings?

For reference: Obtrusive javascript generally refers to having your javascript ties in the HTML itself. Unobtrusive javascript refers to using javascript or other means to programmatically apply code behaviours to the DOM rather than the plain-text markup having references to javascript.

I'll start by saying I'm just learning about AngularJS, and I was reading this article, which seems to advocate for obtrusive JavaScript as the right thing:

http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-for-the-jquery-developer.html

My understanding is that unobtrusive JavaScript is generally considered "the right thing" (which is perhaps debatable, but outside the scope of my question). But I was wondering if there is a particular feature of AngularJS that requires event bindings be specified via attributes like ng-click? Is there a way to use AngularJS and NOT use inline event bindings?

For reference: Obtrusive JavaScript generally refers to having your JavaScript ties in the HTML itself. Unobtrusive JavaScript refers to using JavaScript or other means to programmatically apply code behaviors to the DOM rather than the plain-text markup having references to JavaScript.

I'll start by saying I'm just learning about Angular.js, and I was reading this article, which seems to advocate for intrusive javascript as the right thing:

http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-for-the-jquery-developer.html

My understanding is that unobtrusive javascript is generally considered "the right thing" (which is perhaps debatable, but outside the scope of my question). But I was wondering if there is a particular feature of angular.js that requires event bindings be specified via attributes like ng-click? Is there a way to use angular.js and NOT use inline event bindings?

I'll start by saying I'm just learning about Angular.js, and I was reading this article, which seems to advocate for obtrusive javascript as the right thing:

http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-for-the-jquery-developer.html

My understanding is that unobtrusive javascript is generally considered "the right thing" (which is perhaps debatable, but outside the scope of my question). But I was wondering if there is a particular feature of angular.js that requires event bindings be specified via attributes like ng-click? Is there a way to use angular.js and NOT use inline event bindings?

For reference: Obtrusive javascript generally refers to having your javascript ties in the HTML itself. Unobtrusive javascript refers to using javascript or other means to programmatically apply code behaviours to the DOM rather than the plain-text markup having references to javascript.

I'll start by saying I'm just learning about Angular.js, and I was reading this article, which seems to advocate for intrusive javascript as the right thing:

http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-for-the-jquery-developer.html

And that's a bit confusing to me, because really old school javascript style would put event bindings directly into the web page via onclick or other html attributes. Then along came the philosophy of unobtrusive javascript, which said that you should separate presentation from code. And now, the hot new thing is angularjs, which apparently advocates for putting event binding directly into the HTML via attributes like ng-click.

So my question: has opinion changed regarding unobtrusive javascript? Was intrusive javascript chosen as a virtue in and of itself in angular, or is it a necessary compromise to achieve some other end?

I'll start by saying I'm just learning about Angular.js, and I was reading this article, which seems to advocate for intrusive javascript as the right thing:

http://www.ng-newsletter.com/posts/angular-for-the-jquery-developer.html

My understanding is that unobtrusive javascript is generally considered "the right thing" (which is perhaps debatable, but outside the scope of my question). But I was wondering if there is a particular feature of angular.js that requires event bindings be specified via attributes like ng-click? Is there a way to use angular.js and NOT use inline event bindings?