Avoiding timeouts in Angular applications

Question

I have a problem that I was able to solve, using a timeout. This feels like a very bad practice that could lead to an unmaintainable mess, and I am looking for a better way to s

Answer 1

scope.$apply() may help :

 $scope.fillAndSend = function() {
    $scope.model = 'fail';
    $scope.$apply();
    $scope.send();
    /* using a timeout works
    $timeout(function(){
        $scope.send();    
    },0);
    */
}