Fullcalendar Walk through with AngularJS

Posted By : Ashish Sharma | 25-Oct-2013

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You must have the following files in javascript directory:-

  1. jquery-ui.min.js
  2. jquery.min.js
  3. fullcalendar.js
  4. calendar.js
  5. angular.js
  6. bootstrap.js

 

These file you would need in css directory:-

  1. fullcalendar.css
  2. bootstrap.css

 

Links that will let you download these files are:-

  1. https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-calendar/tree/master/src
  2. http://arshaw.com/fullcalendar/download/

 

Now create the controller to handle the data and events:-

		angular.module('myCalendarApp', ['ui.calendar']);
		function CalendarCtrl($scope, $http) {
			
			var date = new Date();
			var d = date.getDate();
			var m = date.getMonth();
			var y = date.getFullYear();
			var currentView = "month";
			
			
			//event source that pulls from google.com
			$scope.eventSource = {
					url: "http://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/usa__en%40holiday.calendar.google.com/public/basic",
					className: 'gcal-event',           // an option!
					currentTimezone: 'America/Chicago' // an option!
			};
			
			
			//This will call onLoad and you can assign the values the way you want to the calendar
			//here DataRetriever.jsp will give me array of JSON data generated from the database data
			$http.get('DataRetriever.jsp').success(function(data) {
				for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
				{
					$scope.events[i] = {id:data[i].id, title: data[i].task,start: new Date(data[i].start), end: new Date(data[i].end),allDay: false};
				}
			});
			
			/*
			//to explicitly add events to the calendar
			//you can add the events in following ways
			$scope.events = [
			  {title: 'All Day Event',start: new Date('Thu Oct 17 2013 09:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)')},
			  {title: 'Long Event',start: new Date('Thu Oct 17 2013 10:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)'),end: new Date('Thu Oct 17 2013 17:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)')},
			  {id: 999,title: 'Repeating Event',start: new Date('Thu Oct 17 2013 09:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)'),allDay: false},
			  {id: 999,title: 'Repeating Event',start: new Date(y, m, d + 4, 16, 0),allDay: false},
			  {title: 'Birthday Party',start: new Date(y, m, d + 1, 19, 0),end: new Date(y, m, d + 1, 22, 30),allDay: false},
			  {title: 'Click for Google',start: new Date(y, m, 28),end: new Date(y, m, 29),url: 'http://google.com/'}
			];
			//we don't need it right now*/
			
			
			//with this you can handle the events that generated by clicking the day(empty spot) in the calendar
			$scope.dayClick = function( date, allDay, jsEvent, view ){
				$scope.$apply(function(){
				  $scope.alertMessage = ('Day Clicked ' + date);
				});
			};
			
			
			//with this you can handle the events that generated by droping any event to different position in the calendar
			 $scope.alertOnDrop = function(event, dayDelta, minuteDelta, allDay, revertFunc, jsEvent, ui, view){
				$scope.$apply(function(){
				  $scope.alertMessage = ('Event Droped to make dayDelta ' + dayDelta);
				});
			};
			
			
			//with this you can handle the events that generated by resizing any event to different position in the calendar
			$scope.alertOnResize = function(event, dayDelta, minuteDelta, revertFunc, jsEvent, ui, view ){
				$scope.$apply(function(){
				  $scope.alertMessage = ('Event Resized to make dayDelta ' + minuteDelta);
				});
			};
			
			/*
			//this code will add new event and remove the event present on index
			//you can call it explicitly in any method
			  $scope.events.push({
				title: 'New Task',
				start: new Date(y, m, 28),
				end: new Date(y, m, 29),
				className: ['newtask']
			  });
			
			$scope.events.splice(index,1);*/
			
			
			//with this you can handle the click on the events
			$scope.eventClick = function(event){			
				$scope.$apply(function(){
				  $scope.alertMessage = (event.title + ' is clicked');
				});
			};
			
			
			//with this you can handle the events that generated by each page render process
			$scope.renderView = function(view){    	
				var date = new Date(view.calendar.getDate());
				$scope.currentDate = date.toDateString();
				$scope.$apply(function(){
				  $scope.alertMessage = ('Page render with date '+ $scope.currentDate);
				});
			};
			

			//with this you can handle the events that generated when we change the view i.e. Month, Week and Day
			$scope.changeView = function(view,calendar) {
				currentView = view;
				calendar.fullCalendar('changeView',view);
				$scope.$apply(function(){
				  $scope.alertMessage = ('You are looking at '+ currentView);
				});
			};
			
			
			/* config object */
			$scope.uiConfig = {
			  calendar:{
				height: 450,
				editable: true,
				header:{
				  left: 'title',
				  center: '',
				  right: 'today prev,next'
				},
				dayClick: $scope.dayClick,
				eventDrop: $scope.alertOnDrop,
				eventResize: $scope.alertOnResize,
				eventClick: $scope.eventClick,
				viewRender: $scope.renderView
			  }		
			};
			
			/* event sources array*/
			$scope.eventSources = [$scope.events, $scope.eventSource, $scope.eventsF];
		}
	

 

Now in your view file(jsp, gsp or html) add the following codes:-

  • This have to be added before the head, AngularJS norms (for more detail go through AngularJS tutorial)
    				<html lang="en" ng-app="myCalendarApp" id="top">
    			
  • This will give the basic calendar structure with 3 agenda buttons.
    				<div class="btn-toolbar">
    					<div class="btn-group">
    						<button class="btn btn-success" ng-click="changeView('agendaDay', myCalendar)">Day</button>
    						<button class="btn btn-success" ng-click="changeView('agendaWeek', myCalendar)">Week</button>
    						<button class="btn btn-success" ng-click="changeView('month', myCalendar)">Month</button>
    					</div>
    				</div>
    				<div class="calendar" ng-model="eventSources" calendar="myCalendar" config="uiConfig.calendar" ui-calendar="uiConfig.calendar"></div>
    			
  • This is where the alert message will be shown
    				<div class="alert-success calAlert" ng-show="alertMessage != undefined && alertMessage != ''">
    					<h4>{{alertMessage}}</h4>
    				</div>
    			
  • This will give the list of task for the current date
    				<ul class="unstyled">
    					<li ng-repeat="e in events | filter:currentDate">
    						<div class="alert alert-info">
    							<a class="close" ng-click="remove($index)"><i class="icon-remove"></i></a>
    							<b> {{e.title}}</b> - {{e.start | date:"MMM dd"}}
    						</div>
    					</li>
    				</ul>
    			

 

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