Ideally you would put that in a directive, but you can also just put it in the controller. http://jsfiddle.net/tnq86/15/
angular.module('App', [])
.controller('AppCtrl', function ($scope) {
$scope.model = 0;
$scope.initSlider = function () {
$(function () {
// wait till load event fires so all resources are available
$scope.$slider = $('#slider').slider({
slide: $scope.onSlide
});
});
$scope.onSlide = function (e, ui) {
$scope.model = ui.value;
$scope.$digest();
};
};
$scope.initSlider();
});
The directive approach:
HTML
<div slider></div>
JS
angular.module('App', [])
.directive('slider', function (DataModel) {
return {
restrict: 'A',
scope: true,
controller: function ($scope, $element, $attrs) {
$scope.onSlide = function (e, ui) {
$scope.model = ui.value;
// or set it on the model
// DataModel.model = ui.value;
// add to angular digest cycle
$scope.$digest();
};
},
link: function (scope, el, attrs) {
var options = {
slide: scope.onSlide
};
// set up slider on load
angular.element(document).ready(function () {
scope.$slider = $(el).slider(options);
});
}
}
});
I would also recommend checking out Angular Bootstrap's source code: https://github.com/angular-ui/bootstrap/blob/master/src/tooltip/tooltip.js
You can also use a factory to create the directive. This gives you ultimate flexibility to integrate services around it and whatever dependencies you need.