What is the difference between ng-if and ng-show/ng-hide

Question

I\'m trying to understand the difference between ng-if and ng-show/ng-hide, but they look the same to me.

Is there a differenc

Answer 1

One interesting difference in ng-if and ng-show is:

SECURITY

DOM elements present in ng-if block will not be rendered in case of its value as false

where as in case of ng-show, the user can open your Inspect Element Window and set its value to TRUE.

And with a whoop, whole contents that was meant to be hidden gets displayed, which is a security breach. :)