You can understand the difference with this analogy - Consider the difference between a normal function that will return some value and constructor function that will get instantiated using new keyword.So creating factory is just similar to create normal function that will return some value(primitive or an object) whereas creating service is like creating constructor function(OO class) of which we can create instance using new keyword. The only thing to notice is here is that when we use Service method to create services it will automatically create instance of it using dependency injection mechanism supported by AngularJS

非常简单:

.service——注册的函数将作为构造函数被调用(又名'newed')

.factory注册的函数将被作为一个简单函数调用

两者都被调用一次，导致一个单例对象被注入到应用程序的其他组件中。

还有一种方法可以返回构造函数，这样你就可以在工厂中返回可更新的类，像这样:

function MyObjectWithParam($rootScope, name) {
  this.$rootScope = $rootScope;
  this.name = name;
}
MyObjectWithParam.prototype.getText = function () {
  return this.name;
};

App.factory('MyObjectWithParam', function ($injector) {
  return function(name) { 
    return $injector.instantiate(MyObjectWithParam,{ name: name });
  };
}); 

你可以在控制器中做这个，它使用MyObjectWithParam:

var obj = new MyObjectWithParam("hello"),

完整的例子如下: http://plnkr.co/edit/GKnhIN?p=preview

这里是谷歌小组页面，讨论的地方: https://groups.google.com/forum/ !味精/角度/ 56 sdorweoqg / b8hdPskxZXsJ

生活的例子

" Hello world "的例子

与工厂/服务/供应商:

var myApp = angular.module('myApp', []);
 
//service style, probably the simplest one
myApp.service('helloWorldFromService', function() {
    this.sayHello = function() {
        return "Hello, World!"
    };
});
 
//factory style, more involved but more sophisticated
myApp.factory('helloWorldFromFactory', function() {
    return {
        sayHello: function() {
            return "Hello, World!"
        }
    };
});
    
//provider style, full blown, configurable version     
myApp.provider('helloWorld', function() {
    // In the provider function, you cannot inject any
    // service or factory. This can only be done at the
    // "$get" method.
 
    this.name = 'Default';
 
    this.$get = function() {
        var name = this.name;
        return {
            sayHello: function() {
                return "Hello, " + name + "!"
            }
        }
    };
 
    this.setName = function(name) {
        this.name = name;
    };
});
 
//hey, we can configure a provider!            
myApp.config(function(helloWorldProvider){
    helloWorldProvider.setName('World');
});
        
 
function MyCtrl($scope, helloWorld, helloWorldFromFactory, helloWorldFromService) {
    
    $scope.hellos = [
        helloWorld.sayHello(),
        helloWorldFromFactory.sayHello(),
        helloWorldFromService.sayHello()];
}​

You can understand the difference with this analogy - Consider the difference between a normal function that will return some value and constructor function that will get instantiated using new keyword.So creating factory is just similar to create normal function that will return some value(primitive or an object) whereas creating service is like creating constructor function(OO class) of which we can create instance using new keyword. The only thing to notice is here is that when we use Service method to create services it will automatically create instance of it using dependency injection mechanism supported by AngularJS

补充第一个答案，我认为.service()适合那些以更面向对象的风格(c# /Java)编写代码的人(使用这个关键字并通过prototype/Constructor函数实例化对象)。

Factory是为那些编写更自然的javascript/函数式代码的开发人员准备的。

看看angular.js中.service和.factory方法的源代码——在内部它们都调用provider方法:

  function provider(name, provider_) {
    if (isFunction(provider_)) {
      provider_ = providerInjector.instantiate(provider_);
    }
    if (!provider_.$get) {
      throw Error('Provider ' + name + ' must define $get factory method.');
    }
    return providerCache[name + providerSuffix] = provider_;
  }

  function factory(name, factoryFn) { \
    return provider(name, { $get: factoryFn }); 
  }

  function service(name, constructor) {
    return factory(name, ['$injector', function($injector) {
      return $injector.instantiate(constructor);
    }]);
  }