Angular JS Gotcha: HTML5 Mode Routing

Re:Angular JS Gotcha: HTML5 Mode Routing by egeozcan on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @10:57AM (#7057663)

This isn't some magic from AngularJS, it is a standard HTML5 API and it's been around for a while. It is designed to allow single page applications to use beautiful URLs. So, this isn't an AngularJS gotcha. Not at all. You can read more about it here: http://diveintohtml5.info/history.html

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Re:Angular JS Gotcha: HTML5 Mode Routing by harryf on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:09AM (#7057736)

And here...

> The reason why refreshing your browser breaks HTML5 mode is that all the routes in your AngularJS application are not real. Release[Board] doesn't have a /releases page. AngularJS is using some clever JavaScript to make it seem like a /releases page exists. When the user hits refresh, the browser tries to load a real /releases page, which is non existent. I find this a completely unacceptable user experience.

...isn't this a case of "Duh. What did you expect to happen?"

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Re:Angular JS Gotcha: HTML5 Mode Routing by sil3ntmac on Tuesday January 14, 2014 @11:18AM (#7057798)

Yep. and the simple solution is a server-side wildcard route.

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