Difference Between the Service, Factory, and Provider in Angular js
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: module.factory( 'factoryName', function ); Result: When declaring factoryName as an injectable argument you will be provided with the value that is returned by invoking the function reference passed to module.factory. Providers Syntax: module.provider( 'providerName', function ); Result: When declaring providerName as an injectable argument you will be provided with (new ProviderFunction()).$get(). The constructor function is instantiated before the $get method is called - ProviderFunction is the function reference passed to module.provider. Note : Providers have the advantage that they can be configured during the module configuration phase. Use this code to understand the difference between the Servi...