Do Client-Side Routing with ui-router

I'm taking a little break from my mini-series on the input directives to talk about something a little different and a bit more interesting. Client side routing is a powerful concept, but it takes a little getting used to. We didn't originally use ui-router for our product as the decision had been made that we didn't need browser functionality (in particular back and forward) within our application. However, as the application grew it became apparent that we couldn't not have this functionality and so we investigated what was available in client side routing for us. We chose ui-router because it allowed us to have url rewriting, which allows our users to bookmark areas within our application as though they're separate pages on a standard website.