That looks really nice! I'd note that it is possible to wrap angularFireCollection into its own service if you'd like to keep that stuff out of your controller

That looks really nice! I'd note that it is possible to wrap angularFireCollection into its own service if you'd like to keep that stuff out of your controller, for example: https://gist.github.com/jaredwilli/5472340 https://gist.github.com/jaredwilli/5472340 We went with an API that is easy to get started with, but are certainly committed to making sure its also usable by complex apps.