[
  {id:1, content:"Hello World!"},
  {id:2, content:"Testing 1, 2, 3..."},
  {id:3, content:"I am from the database"}
]

<div ng-controller="MessageController">
  <ul>
    <li ng-repeat="m in messages">{{m.content}}</li>
  </ul>
</div>

function MessageController($scope, $http) {
  $scope.getAll = function(callback) {
    $http.get('/messages').success(function(response) { callback(response); });
  }

  $scope.messages = $scope.getAll(function(data) { return JSON.stringify(data); });
}