Use of in-built directives

Hide/Show HTML Elements

This example hide show html elements.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="myDemoApp">
  <head>
    <script src="https://code.angularjs.org/1.5.8/angular.min.js"></script>
    <script>

      function HideShowController() {
        var vm = this;
        vm.show=false;
        vm.toggle= function() {
          vm.show=!vm.show;
        }
      }
      
      angular.module("myDemoApp", [/* module dependencies go here */])
        .controller("hideShowController", [HideShowController]);
    </script>
  </head>
  <body ng-cloak>
    <div ng-controller="hideShowController as vm">
      <a style="cursor: pointer;" ng-show="vm.show" ng-click="vm.toggle()">Show Me!</a>
      <a style="cursor: pointer;" ng-hide="vm.show" ng-click="vm.toggle()">Hide Me!</a>
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

Live Demo

Step by step explanation:

ng-app="myDemoApp", the ngApp directive tells angular that a DOM element is controlled by a specific angular.module named “myDemoApp”.
<script src="[//angular include]"> include angular js.
HideShowController function is defined containing another function named toggle which help to hide show the element.
angular.module(...) creates a new module.
.controller(...) Angular Controller and returns the module for chaining;
ng-controller directive is key aspect of how angular supports the principles behind the Model-View-Controller design pattern.
ng-show directive shows the given HTML element if expression provided is true.
ng-hide directive hides the given HTML element if expression provided is true.
ng-click directive fires a toggle function inside controller