You can now reference the $scope with this.$

Author: davej

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -29,4 +29,7 @@ app.classy.options.controller = {
     addFnsToScope: false
 };
 ```
-* ... or at the class level using the `__options` property
+* ... or at the class level using the `__options` property
+
+## 0.4.1 (27/Apr/2014)
+* Added shortcut for `this.$scope`. You can now reference the $scope with `this.$`, although `this.$scope` still works fine

angular-classy.coffee

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ###
-Angular Classy 0.4
+Angular Classy 0.4.1
 Dave Jeffery, @DaveJ
 License: MIT
 ###
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ defaults =
     addFnsToScope: true
     watchObject: true
     _scopeName: '$scope'
+    _scopeShortcut: true
+    _scopeShortcutName: '$'
     _watchKeywords:
       objectEquality: ['{object}', '{deep}']
       collection: ['{collection}', '{shallow}']
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ classFns =
   bindDependencies: (parent, args) ->
     injectObject = parent.__classyControllerInjectObject
     injectObjectMode = !!injectObject
+    options = parent.constructor::__options
 
     # Takes the `$inject` dependencies and assigns a class-wide (`@`) variable to each one.
     for key, i in parent.constructor.$inject
@@ -91,6 +94,10 @@ classFns =
       else
         parent[key] = args[i]
 
+        if key is options._scopeName and options._scopeShortcut
+          # Add a shortcut to the $scope (by default `this.$`)
+          parent[options._scopeShortcutName] = parent[key]
+
   registerWatchers: (parent) ->
     # Iterates over the watch object and creates the appropriate `$scope.$watch` listener
     $scope = parent[parent.constructor::__options._scopeName]

angular-classy.js

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 /*
-Angular Classy 0.4
+Angular Classy 0.4.1
 Dave Jeffery, @DaveJ
 License: MIT
  */
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ License: MIT
       addFnsToScope: true,
       watchObject: true,
       _scopeName: '$scope',
+      _scopeShortcut: true,
+      _scopeShortcutName: '$',
       _watchKeywords: {
         objectEquality: ['{object}', '{deep}'],
         collection: ['{collection}', '{shallow}']
@@ -106,17 +108,23 @@ License: MIT
       return _results;
     },
     bindDependencies: function(parent, args) {
-      var i, injectName, injectObject, injectObjectMode, key, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
+      var i, injectName, injectObject, injectObjectMode, key, options, _i, _len, _ref, _results;
       injectObject = parent.__classyControllerInjectObject;
       injectObjectMode = !!injectObject;
+      options = parent.constructor.prototype.__options;
       _ref = parent.constructor.$inject;
       _results = [];
       for (i = _i = 0, _len = _ref.length; _i < _len; i = ++_i) {
         key = _ref[i];
         if (injectObjectMode && (injectName = injectObject[key]) && injectName !== '.') {
           _results.push(parent[injectName] = args[i]);
         } else {
-          _results.push(parent[key] = args[i]);
+          parent[key] = args[i];
+          if (key === options._scopeName && options._scopeShortcut) {
+            _results.push(parent[options._scopeShortcutName] = parent[key]);
+          } else {
+            _results.push(void 0);
+          }
         }
       }
       return _results;

angular-classy.min.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "angular-classy",
   "main": "angular-classy.js",
-  "version": "0.4.0",
+  "version": "0.4.1",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/davej/angular-classy",
   "authors": [
     "Dave Jeffery <[email protected]>"
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "angular": "~1.2"
+    "angular": "^1.2"
   },
   "ignore": [
     "**/.*",

bower.json

@@ -12,20 +12,20 @@ todomvc.classy.controller({
 	inject: ['$scope', '$location', 'todoStorage', 'filterFilter'],
 
 	init: function() {
-		this.todos = this.$scope.todos = this.todoStorage.get();
+		this.todos = this.$.todos = this.todoStorage.get();
 
 		this.$scope.newTodo = '';
-		this.$scope.editedTodo = null;
+		this.$.editedTodo = null;
 
 		if (this.$location.path() === '') {
 			this.$location.path('/');
 		}
-		this.$scope.location = this.$location;
+		this.$.location = this.$location;
 	},
 
 	watch: {
 		'location.path()': function(path) {
-			this.$scope.statusFilter = (path === '/active') ?
+			this.$.statusFilter = (path === '/active') ?
 				{ completed: false } : (path === '/completed') ?
 				{ completed: true } : null;
 		},
@@ -34,16 +34,16 @@ todomvc.classy.controller({
 
 
 	_onTodoChange: function (newValue, oldValue) {
-		this.$scope.remainingCount = this.filterFilter(this.todos, { completed: false }).length;
-		this.$scope.completedCount = this.todos.length - this.$scope.remainingCount;
-		this.$scope.allChecked = !this.$scope.remainingCount;
+		this.$.remainingCount = this.filterFilter(this.todos, { completed: false }).length;
+		this.$.completedCount = this.todos.length - this.$scope.remainingCount;
+		this.$.allChecked = !this.$.remainingCount;
 		if (newValue !== oldValue) { // This prevents unneeded calls to the local storage
 			this.todoStorage.put(this.todos);
 		}
 	},
 
 	addTodo: function () {
-		var newTodo = this.$scope.newTodo.trim();
+		var newTodo = this.$.newTodo.trim();
 		if (!newTodo.length) {
 			return;
 		}
@@ -53,21 +53,21 @@ todomvc.classy.controller({
 			completed: false
 		});
 
-		this.$scope.newTodo = '';
+		this.$.newTodo = '';
 	},
 
 	editTodo: function (todo) {
-		this.$scope.editedTodo = todo;
+		this.$.editedTodo = todo;
 		// Clone the original todo to restore it on demand.
-		this.$scope.originalTodo = angular.extend({}, todo);
+		this.$.originalTodo = angular.extend({}, todo);
 	},
 
 	doneEditing: function (todo) {
-		this.$scope.editedTodo = null;
+		this.$.editedTodo = null;
 		todo.title = todo.title.trim();
 
 		if (!todo.title) {
-			this.$scope.removeTodo(todo);
+			this.$.removeTodo(todo);
 		}
 	},