AngularJS 1.2.0: timely-delivery

Our much-anticipated release of AngularJS 1.2.0 has landed. Pinch yourself; you're not dreaming.

AngularJS 1.2.0 timely-delivery fixes many issues found in 1.2.0-rc3, and introduces several new features since the previous stable release.

Since our last stable release, the most notable changes are:

• Animations and Transitions
• Better error messages (including error minification)
• Strict Contextual Escaping
• Track By function to prevent duplicates in ng-repeat
• Controller As syntax to access controller instances in templates
• Promise A+ Compliance
• Separation of ngRoute into its own module

The team has spent a lot of time consolidating, simplifying, improving content, and improving the user experience of our documentation. This is a work in progress, so stay tuned for more improvements.

For full details in this release see the changelog.

See the full migration guide on our guides.

Thanks to the 294 superheroic individuals who contributed PRs toward 1.2.0!

@supercobra, Adam, Adam Bowen, Adam Kent, Adam Shannon, Adam de Baugh, Alan Klement, Alex Olshansky, Alex Young, Alexander Kaidalov, Alexander Shtuchkin, Anders Hessellund Jensen, Andreas Marek, Andreas Sander, Andrew Jackson, Andrew O\'Brien, Andrew Peterson, Andrew Stuart, Andy Gurden, Andy Hitchman, Andy Joslin, Angel Balcarcel, Anthony Tran, Artemy Tregubenko, Arun Israel, Ash, Balázs Suhajda, Ben Holley, Ben Lesh, Ben McCann, Ben Ripkens, Ben Tesser, Boris Serdyuk, Brad Green, Braden Shepherdson, BrainCrumbz, Brenton, Brian Fitzpatrick, Brian Ford, Bruno Coelho, Butch Peters, Buu Nguyen, Caio Cunha, Caitlin Potter, Calvin Fernandez, Carl Danley, Chirayu Krishnappa, Christopher Hiller, CloudDueling.com, Colin Casey, Colin Frei, Dag-Inge Aas, DanS, Dang Nguyen Anh Khoa, Daniel Herman, Daniel Lamb, Daniel Luz, Daniel Tse, Dave Peticolas, David, David Barker, David Bennett, David Gonzalez, David Mosher, David Sanders, Dean Peterson, Dean Sofer, Derek Hammer, Dmitry Kichenko, Dmitry Shirokov, Domenic Denicola, Dusan Bartos, Eddie Monge, Eduardo Garcia, Ehsan Ghandhari, El Juli, Emmanuel, Eric Hagman, Eric Large, Eric Subach, Felix, Francesco Pontillo, Fred Sauer, Freek Wielstra, G Lormeau, G.H. Naylor, Gabor Csizmadia, George Bonner, Gias Kay Lee, Gowtam Lal, Greg Thornton, Grzegorz Lachowski, Hack Reactor Students, Henning Teek, Henry Hazan, Hubert SABLONNIÈRE, Igor Minar, Ilia Choly, Itamar Rogel, ItsLeeOwen, J Bruni, J. Tangelder, Jad Naous, James, James Daily, James Davies, James Dunn, James Roper, James Talmage, James deBoer, Jamie Mason, Jamund Ferguson, Jan Kuča, Jan Laußmann, Jared Forsyth, Jarrett Harris, JasonM23, Jeff Cross, Jeffrey Palmer, Jen Bourey, Jens Rantil, Jesse Palmer, Joao Sa, Joe Grund, Joe Hanink, JoeLeCodeur, Joey Organisak, John Bohn, Jordan Klassen, Josh McAdams, Josh Schumacher, Josh Taylor, Julie, Julien Bouquillon, Jussi Kosunen, Jérémy, Ken Chen, Ken Sheedlo, Lane Goldberg, Leandro Ostera, Lefteris Paraskevas, Leif Halvard Silli, Luc Morin, Lucas Galfasó, Maarten Stolte, Manuel Kiessling, Marc Tamlyn, Marcel Morgan, Marcin Wosinek, Marco Vito Moscaritolo, Mark Campbell, Mark J. Titorenko, Mark Striemer, Marko Bonaci, Martin Cortez, Martin Probst, Matias Niemelä, Matias Niemelä, Matthew Kleiman, Matthew Windwer, Merrick Christensen, Michael Kueller, Michael Stewart, Michal Bendowski, Michał Gołębiowski, Michiel Staessen, Mikk Kirstein, Misha Moroshko, Misko Hevery, Mr.Raindrop, Nelson Blaha, Nepoxx, Niall Smart, Nick Donohue, Nicola Peduzzi, Nicolas Brugneaux, NimaVaziri, OpherV, Ore Landau, P. Envall, Patrick Canfield, Patrick Drechsler, PatrickJS, Paul Meskers, Paulo Scardine, Pavel Vasek, Pawel Kozlowski, Paxton Hare, Pete Bacon Darwin, Peter Bacon Darwin, Peter Fern, Preston Marshall, R. Merkert, Randi Hillerøe, Renan Ivo, Reto Aebersold, Ricardo Bin, Richard, Richard John, Richard Sentino, Rob Culliton, Rob Dodson, Robb Shecter, Robbie Ferrero, Robert Fauver, Roberto Bonvallet, Roland, Ron Waldon, Rory Douglas, Sam Dornan, Santi Albo, Saul Maddox, Sean Fahey, Sebastian Müller, Sequoia McDowell, Siddique Hameed, Simeon Willbanks, Spencer, Spencer Applegate, Stefan hr Berder, Stephen Merity, Steven Sojka, Tay Ray Chuan, Thomas Tuts, Tim Graham, Tim Ruffles, Tim Statler, Tobias Bosch, Tom Dunstan, Tom Elovie Spruce, Tyler McGinnis, Umur Kontacı, Uri Goldshtein, Valentyn Shybanov, Vineet Kumar, Vojta Jina, Walter Higgins, Wesley Cho, Woody Peterson, Yang Pengcheng, Yuriy Bilogub, Zachary Friedman, adamshaylor, andre, anilgulecha, basarat, bolasblack, brakon, cjmling, commonlisp, douglascalhoun, ebeal, exex zian, gabriel-tessier, gdennie, gdi2290, ghodss, granteagon, jakub-bochenski, janhartigan, jankuca, joscarsson, joshbowdoin, joshkurz, joshrtay, jquadrin, justinrknowles, lorint, mgechev, micole, mmieszek, mtaran-google, naomiblack, naorye, neilmcgibbon, netpoetica, paolo-delmundo, phamdt, phanboy4, pzajdel, rjferguson21, rodbv, rodyhaddad, royling, sarkasm, sdesmond, sflahave, tgkokk, thorn0, tigbro, tomazy, ts-web, wiebl, Étienne Barrié