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when | contra | |
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3 | - | |
3,440 | 773 | |
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1.8 | 2.6 | |
about 2 years ago | about 2 months ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later | MIT License |
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If you are making a library, take a good look at this list!
looking at you "When"!
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I made a small library for handling async events in a type-safe fashion
If you're wondering, number 2 has happened to me years ago, and required debugging a Promises library (back when Promises weren't native): https://github.com/cujojs/when/issues/325
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Introduction to Asynchronous JavaScript
Promises are a popular way of getting rid of callback hell. Originally it was a type of construct introduced by JavaScript libraries like Q and when.js, but these types of libraries became popular enough that promises are now provided natively in ECMAScript 6.
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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
What are some alternatives?
Bluebird - :bird: :zap: Bluebird is a full featured promise library with unmatched performance.
async - Async utilities for node and the browser
step - An async control-flow library that makes stepping through logic easy.
q - A promise library for JavaScript
ObjectEventTarget - A same behaviour EventTarget prototype, that can work with any object from JavaScript
Javascript State Machine - A javascript finite state machine library
modern-async - A modern JavaScript tooling library for asynchronous operations using async/await, promises and async generators
angular-async-loader - Load modules and components asynchronously for angular 1.x application.