AngularJS: lazy loading controllers and content

You can also use the jquery with the resolve the $routeProvider

app.js

/* Module Creation */
var app = angular.module ('app', ['ngRoute']);

app.config(['$routeProvider', '$controllerProvider', function($routeProvider, $controllerProvider){

/*Creating a more synthesized form of service of $ controllerProvider.register*/
app.registerCtrl = $controllerProvider.register;

function loadScript(path) {
  var result = $.Deferred(),
  script = document.createElement("script");
  script.async = "async";
  script.type = "text/javascript";
  script.src = path;
  script.onload = script.onreadystatechange = function (_, isAbort) {
      if (!script.readyState || /loaded|complete/.test(script.readyState)) {
         if (isAbort)
             result.reject();
         else
            result.resolve();
    }
  };
  script.onerror = function () { result.reject(); };
  document.querySelector("head").appendChild(script);
  return result.promise();
}

function loader(arrayName){

    return {
      load: function($q){
                var deferred = $q.defer(),
                map = arrayName.map(function(name) {
                    return loadScript('js/controllers/'+name+".js");
                });

                $q.all(map).then(function(r){
                    deferred.resolve();
                });

                return deferred.promise;
        }
    };
}

$routeProvider  
    .when("https://stackoverflow.com/", {
        templateUrl: 'views/foo.html',
        resolve: loader(['foo'])
    })
    .when('/bar',{
        templateUrl: 'views/bar.html',
        controller: 'BarCtrl',
        resolve: loader(['bar'])
    })
    .otherwise({
        redirectTo: document.location.pathname
    });
}]);

/views/foo.html

<section ng-controller="FooCtrl">
    {{text}}
</section>

js/controllers/foo.js

/*Here we use the synthesized version of $controllerProvider.register 
to register the controller in view*/
app.registerCtrl('FooCtrl',function($scope){
    $scope.text="Test";
});

/views/bar.html

<section>
    {{text2}}
</section>

js/controllers/bar.js

app.registerCtrl('BarCtrl',function($scope){
    $scope.text2 = 'Test';
});

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