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Making and Keeping Promises in JavaScript

Tony Milne at Code 2013
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An overview of using promises in JavaScript to clean up the async callback pyramid developers often face when building more advanced functionality in the browser or using node.js, this session will cover the theory of when and how and then provide concrete examples using the “q” promise library.

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