{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449/events","html_url":"https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449","id":95655427,"number":449,"title":"$scope.watch with controller as syntax","user":{"login":"Jandalf","id":625043,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/625043?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf","html_url":"https://github.com/Jandalf","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/Jandalf/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-07-17T13:21:20Z","updated_at":"2015-07-18T02:42:37Z","closed_at":null,"body":"In your example of watching with a controller as syntax ([Style Y032](https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide#style-y032)) you don't make it clear that you will couple the controller to its view because your snippet will only work if there is `SomeController as vm` in your view.\r\n\r\nFor me this is a disadvantage in using the whole controller as syntax. You could solve this with using the function notation of $scope.watch or write something about the problems using your current approach."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/comments/122475165","html_url":"https://github.com/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449#issuecomment-122475165","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/johnpapa/angular-styleguide/issues/449","id":122475165,"user":{"login":"johnpapa","id":1202528,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1202528?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa","html_url":"https://github.com/johnpapa","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/johnpapa/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-18T02:42:37Z","updated_at":"2015-07-18T02:42:37Z","body":"PR if you like"}}