got a login dialog/form working

frontend/server.js

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
 
 app.use(express.static('./web'));
 app.get('*', function(req, res) {
-  res.sendFile(__dirname + 'web/index.html');
+  res.sendFile(__dirname + '/web/index.html');
 });
 app.listen(5000);
 console.log('listening on localhost:5000');

frontend/web/app/controllers/loginController.js

@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 // web token stuff not done yet
 
+
 angular.module('chemGeno')
 .controller('loginController', ['$scope','$mdMedia', '$mdDialog', function($scope, $mdMedia, $mdDialog) {
+  // https://github.com/angular/material/issues/1413 passing stuff to dialog
   $scope.login = function($event) {
     var useFullScreen = ($mdMedia('sm') || $mdMedia('xs'))  && $scope.customFullscreen;
     $mdDialog.show({
-      controller: loginController,
-      templateUrl: 'dialog1.tmpl.html',
+      controller: 'loginDialogController',
+      templateUrl: '/app/views/loginDialog.html',
       parent: angular.element(document.body),
-      targetEvent: ev,
+      targetEvent: $event,
       clickOutsideToClose:true,
       fullscreen: useFullScreen
     });

frontend/web/app/controllers/loginDialogController.js

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+angular.module('chemGeno')
+.controller('loginDialogController', ['$scope', '$mdDialog', function($scope, $mdDialog) {
+  $scope.submit = function(user) {
+    console.log(user);
+  };
+
+  $scope.cancel = function() {
+    $mdDialog.cancel();
+  };
+}]);

frontend/web/app/views/loginDialog.html

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<md-dialog aria-label="login dialog"  ng-cloak>
+  <form name="userForm">
+    <md-input-container class="md-block" flex-gt-xs>
+      <label>Username</label>
+      <input ng-model="user.username">
+    </md-input-container>
+    <md-input-container class="md-block" flex-gt-xs>
+      <label>Password</label>
+      <input ng-model="user.password">
+    </md-input-container>
+    <md-button class="md-raised md-primary" ng-click="submit(user)">
+      login
+    </md-button>
+    <md-button class="md-raised md-primary" ng-click="cancel()">
+      cancel
+    </md-button>
+  </form>
+
+</md-dialog>

frontend/web/index.html

@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
     <script src="bower_components/angular-ui-router/release/angular-ui-router.js"></script>
 
     <!-- our code -->
+    <!-- app level -->
     <script src="app/module.js"></script>
     <script src="app/routes.js"></script>
+
+    <!-- controllers -->
+    <script src="app/controllers/loginDialogController.js"></script>
     <script src="app/controllers/loginController.js"></script>
 
+
     <title>Chemistry Genealogy</title>
 
     <!-- for 'html5Mode' -->