Is there a more effective way to serialize a form with angularjs?

This isn’t how you should access form data using AngularJS. The data in your form should be bound within the scope.

So use an object, e.g. $scope.formData, which will contain all your data structure, then each of your form elements should be bound to this using ng-model.

e.g:

http://jsfiddle.net/rd13/AvGKj/13/

<form ng-controller="MyCtrl" ng-submit="submit()">
    <input type="text" name="name" ng-model="formData.name">
    <input type="text" name="address" ng-model="formData.address">
    <input type="submit" value="Submit Form">
</form>

function MyCtrl($scope) {
    $scope.formData = {};

    $scope.submit = function() {   
        console.log(this.formData);
    };
}

When the above form is submitted $scope.formData will contain an object of your form which can then be passed in your AJAX request. e.g:

Object {name: "stu", address: "england"} 

To answer your question, there is no better method to “serialize” a forms data using AngularJS.

You could however use jQuery: $element.serialize(), but if you want to use Angular properly then go with the above method.