Learning AngularJS

Implementing Timers with $interval and $timeout Services

The AngularJS $interval and $timeout services enable you to delay execution of code for an amount of time. These services interact with the JavaScript setInterval and setTimeout functionality—but within the AngularJS framework.

The $interval and $timeout services use the following syntax:

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$interval(callback, delay, [count], [invokeApply]);$timeout(callback, delay, [invokeApply]);

The parameters are described here:

■ callback: Is executed when the delay has expired.

■ delay: Specifies the number of milliseconds to wait before the callback function is executed.

■ count: Indicates the number of times to repeat the interval.

■ invokeApply: Is a Boolean that, if ...