Sanity checking with ng-strict-di

The ng-strict-di directive is new and extremely simple to understand. When declaring the parent DOM node for your application, if ng-strict-di is included in that element, functions without the minification-safe dependency injection syntax will fail to execute.

How to do it…

Using the ng-strict-di directive is as simple as adding an extra attribute to your ng-app node, as follows:

(app.js)

angular.module('myApp',[])
.controller('Ctrl', function($scope) {});

(index.html)

<div ng-app="myApp" ng-strict-di>
  <div ng-controller="Ctrl"></div>
</div>

If you try to load the page in your browser, you will be greeted with the following error:

Error: [$injector:strictdi] function($provide) is not using explicit annotation and cannot be invoked in strict mode

Tip

JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/msfrisbie/snqvypgL/

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