How might I move AngularJS Routes into separate file

Question

I was curious if anybody was familiar with separating routes from the main app config function. My route list is getting quite large and I wanted to move them into a separate file and load them into the main config. I have seen this done before but I cannot remember or find where I saw it. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

You can (and should !) use AngularJS modules to separate your application into modules.

Then, each module can define its own routes (with its own .config). Then, in your main module (usually "app"), you just need to require them as dependencies and you're set to go.

angular.module('blog', ['ngRoute'])
  .config(['$routeProvider', function ($routeProvider) {
    ...
  }];

angular.module('app', ['blog', 'user']);

Then you can have each module in its own file.

Answer 2

You can put your config function in a separate file easily:

App-config.js

   angular.module('app').config(function(...){...});

Just make sure you include the module definition before you include App-config.js.

App-module.js

  angular.module('app',[...]).controller(...).etc