use ngRoute "resolve"

Author: prigaux

app/view1/view1.js

@@ -5,12 +5,17 @@ angular.module('myApp.view1', ['ngRoute'])
 .config(['$routeProvider', function($routeProvider) {
   $routeProvider.when('/view1', {
     templateUrl: 'view1/view1.html',
-    controller: 'View1Ctrl'
+    controller: 'View1Ctrl',
+    resolve: {
+	user: function($http) {
+	    return $http.get('backend/user.php').then(function (user)  {
+		return user.data;
+	    });
+	}
+    }
   });
 }])
 
-.controller('View1Ctrl', function($http, $scope) {
-    $http.get('backend/user.php').success(function (user) {
-	$scope.user = user;
-    });
+.controller('View1Ctrl', function($scope, user) {
+    $scope.user = user;
 });

app/view1/view1_test.js

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ describe('myApp.view1 module', function() {
     it('should ....', inject(function($rootScope, $controller) {
       //spec body
       var scope = $rootScope.$new();
-      var view1Ctrl = $controller('View1Ctrl', {$scope: scope});
+      var user = {'id': "foo"};
+      var view1Ctrl = $controller('View1Ctrl', {$scope: scope, user: user});
       expect(view1Ctrl).toBeDefined();
     }));