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The most common Angular and Firebase code smell, and how to fix it
You want clean Angular and Firebase code? Here’s my Golden Rule of AngularFire, do not unwrap promises yourself.The single biggest code smell when building an AngularFire app is using the $loaded() promise. ¶ What does it mean to “not unwrap a promise?” It means to avoid calling .then() or .catch(). But, how do you get the data without invoking .then()? ¶ To find out, take a look at using a $firebaseArray(). ¶ Why $loaded() smells bad ¶ A $firebaseArray() starts out as an empty array. When the initial data set downloads from the realtime database, it populates that empty array.
Asynchronous Pair Programming at Scale
Introducing a new video series: Pivotal with Reto MeierWatch along as I update an app from 2011 to use all the new APIs, tools, and best practices available in 2016 on my new video series — Pivotal. ¶ Pivotal is a radical departure from the style of a lot of the video content I’ve been contributing on the Android Developers YouTube channel. It’s longer, less polished, and features a lot more code. ¶ In Pivotal I’ll show my working ¶ Most live-coding, training, codelabs, videos, and talks show code that’s been carefully pre-written and prepared.
