Basic Angular service talking to a resource

people_angular_service.js

angular.module('myApp')
  .factory('people', function($resource, $q) {

    var people_resource = $resource(myApp.API_BASE_URL + '/people/:personId');

    // Public API here
    return {
      getList: function() {
        var deferred = $q.defer();
        var people = people_resource.query(function() {
          angular.forEach(people, function(obj) {
            obj.created = new Date(obj.created);
            obj.modified = new Date(obj.modified);
          });
          deferred.resolve(people);
        });
        return deferred.promise;
      }
    };
  });