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angular.module('sleepExpertChatApp', [
  'ionic',
])

.config(function($stateProvider, $urlRouterProvider) {
  $stateProvider
  .state('peoplelist', {
    url: '/peoplelist',
    templateUrl: 'templates/people-list.html',
    controller: 'PeopleListCtrl'
  });

  $urlRouterProvider.otherwise('/peoplelist');
})

.controller('PeopleListCtrl', function($scope){
    $scope.obj = {}
    $scope.test = "Mytestvar"
    $scope.obj.people = [{name:"leon"},{name:"jeff"},{name:"leon"}];
    console.log($scope.obj);
});

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html ng-app="sleepExpertChatApp">
  <head>
    <script src="http://code.ionicframework.com/1.0.0/js/ionic.bundle.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.firebase.com/js/client/2.2.4/firebase.js"></script>
    <script src="https://cdn.firebase.com/libs/angularfire/1.1.1/angularfire.min.js"></script>
    <script src="/static/chat/main.js"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://code.ionicframework.com/1.0.0/css/ionic.min.css">
  </head>
  <body>
    <ion-nav-view></ion-nav-view>
    <script id="templates/people-list.html" type="text/ng-template">
        <ion-view id="userMessagesView"
          view-title="People">
          afsdf
          <ion-content>
                <div ng-repeat="person in obj.people">
                    <div class="item">
                        {{person.name}}
                    </div>
                </div>
        </ion-content>
        </ion-view>
    </script>
  </body>
</html>