Why is my Angular controller undefined?

Question

I\'ve been following a tutorial, the textbook assures me that this works, but it\'s bombing with

Error: [ng:areq] Argument \'SimpleController\' is not

Answer 1

You need to create an app and register it to that app like so:

var myApp = angular.module('myApp',[]);

myApp.controller('SimpleController', ['$scope', function($scope) {
  $scope.customers = [
            {name: 'John Smith', city: 'Phoenix'},
            {name: 'Jane Smith', city: 'Pittsburgh'},
            {name: 'John Doe', city: 'New York'},
            {name: 'Jane Doe', city: 'Los Angeles'}
        ];
}]);

and in your html:

Full example in a plunker: http://plnkr.co/edit/tBwjJU3tc6tVc599RVFR?p=preview