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I'm confused how she set up the data binding? Shouldn't she have to specify where it binds to on the back end? A database perhaps? Otherwise how to do other users see that I've added something to the name field?

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If you want AngularJS mixed in with a backend storage framework, I'd recommend AngularFire

https://github.com/firebase/angularFire

We use AngularFire currently and it is fantastic. We can't recommend it enough.

In terms of discussing AngularJS, there is the client-side front-end and back-end view and the server-side view. We address talking to a backend later in the series, stay tuned.

I still don't get the data binding in your example though. What is it binding to?

Thanks for the question. I'll update the article to explain that more indepth later today. It's 'binding' the value to the model of that DOM element in the view.

We go in-depth into the model component on the next article.

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