The app structure: 

 

Front-end: app.js

/** * Created by Answer1215 on 12/9/2014. */'use strict';function MainCtrl(PeopleService) {    var vm = this;    vm.people = [];    vm.selectedPerson = {};   vm.getPeople = PeopleService.getPeople().then(function(response) {        vm.people = response.data;    });    vm.selectPerson = function(person) {        PeopleService.getSelectedPerson(person).then(function(response) {            vm.selectedPerson = response.data;            vm.selectedPerson.fullName = response.data.firstName + " " + response.data.lastName;        });    }}function PeopleService($http) {    var PeopleService = {};    PeopleService.getPeople = function() {        return $http.get('http://localhost:3000/people');    }    PeopleService.getSelectedPerson = function(person) {        return $http.get('http://localhost:3000/people/'+person._id);    }    return PeopleService;}angular.module('app',[    'ngResource'])    .controller('MainCtrl', MainCtrl)    .service('PeopleService', PeopleService);

    
             
     
     
    
      
        
       
            
        
{
   {person.firstName}}
        
       
    
      
    
      
        
       
{
   {vm.selectedPerson.fullName}}
        
       {
   {vm.selectedPerson.email}}    
      
     
            

 

Backend:

server.js

'use strict';var express = require('express');var cors = require("cors");var app = express();app.use(cors());var people = require('./controller/people');app.get('/people', people.getAll);app.get('/people/:id', people.get);app.listen(3000);

controller/people.js

/** * Created by Answer1215 on 12/26/2014. */var model = require('../model/people');exports.getAll = function(request, response){    model.getAll(function(err, data) {        if(err) response.json(503, {error: true});        response.json(200, data);    });}exports.get = function(request, response){    var id = request.params.id;    model.get(id, function(err, data) {        if(err) response.json(503, {error: true});        response.json(200, data);    });}

model/people.js

/** * Created by Answer1215 on 12/26/2014. */var mongoose = require('../lib/mogoose');var personSchema = {    firstName:String,    lastName:String,    email:String};//create a person model, and rename db as peoplevar Person = mongoose.model('Person', personSchema);exports.getAll = function(callback) {    Person.find().select("firstName").exec(function(err, data) {       // response.json(200, data);        callback(err, data);    });}exports.get = function(id, callback){    Person.findById(id, function(err, data) {        //response.send(data);        callback(err, data);    });}

lib/mogoose.js

/** * Created by Answer1215 on 12/26/2014. */var mongoose = require('mongoose');mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/simple');module.exports = mongoose;