A bootstrap-datepicker angular directive

datepicker-directive.js

(function($) {
    var app = angular.module("siDate", [])
        .directive('datePicker', [datePicker]);


    function datePicker() {
        return {
            restrict: 'EA', //E = element, A = attribute, C = class, M = comment         
            replace: true,
            scope: {
                //@ reads the attribute value, = provides two-way binding, & works with functions
                name: '@',
                placeholder: '@',
                date: '=?'
            },
            template: '<input class="datepicker form-control" ' +
                ' name="{{ name }}" ng-model="date" ' +
                ' placeholder="{{ placeholder }}"  ' +
                ' required/>',
            link: function($scope, element, attrs) {

            } //DOM manipulation
        };
    }
})(window.jQuery);