Mastering Qlik Sense

controller and template

controller and template are the standard AngularJS components required to render an extension using AngularJS. Both have already been comprehensively explained in Chapter 11, Coding in Qlik Sense.

When using AngularJS, the basic structure of your code compared to the paint approach looks as follows:

define(['text!./template.html'],    function(template) {     return {         paint: function(){},        resize: function(){},        template: template,        controller: ['$scope', '$element', function (scope, $element) {            console.log("This is Mastering Qlik Sense");        }    };});

The equivalent of layout in the paint() method can be found in $scope.layout object.

It's important to note there's a downside to the AngularJS approach. In the previous example, ...