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This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.

##Google Interview Questions: Product Marketing Manager

Why do you want to join Google? -- Because I want to create tools for others to learn, for free. I didn't have a lot of money when growing up so I didn't get access to the same books, computers and resources that others had which caused money, I want to help ensure that others can learn on the same playing field regardless of their families wealth status or location.
What do you know about Google’s product and technology? -- A lot actually, I am a beta tester for numerous products, I use most of the Google tools such as: Search, Gmaill, Drive, Reader, Calendar, G+, YouTube, Web Master Tools, Keyword tools, Analytics etc.
If you are Product Manager for Google’s Adwords, how do you plan to market this?
What would you say during an AdWords or AdSense product seminar?
Who are Google’s competitors, and how does Google compete with them? -- Google competes on numerous fields: --- Search: Baidu, Bing, Duck Duck Go

This document has now been incorporated into the uWSGI documentation:

http://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tutorials/Django_and_nginx.html

Set up Django, nginx and uwsgi

Steps with explanations to set up a server using:

	<?php
	// Output screenshot:
	// http://cl.ly/NsqF
	// -------------------------------------------------------

	include_once 'console.php';

	// ::log method usage
	// -------------------------------------------------------
	Console::log('Im Red!', 'red');

	function assertType(obj, type) {
	return obj.constructor.name === type.name
	}

	console.info(assertType("test", String)); //true
	console.info(assertType(1, String)); //false
	console.info(assertType(1, Number)); //true

	function Book(){};
	function Desk(){};

	// ==UserScript==
	// @name MOUSTACHE CHAT
	// @author Robert Lemon
	// @version 0.1
	// @namespace http://rlemon.com
	// @description Makes the chat all moustachy
	// @include http://chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/*
	// @include http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/*
	// ==/UserScript==

	String.prototype.persianThousandsSeparator = function () {
	var val = this.toString();
	var x = val.split('.');
	var x1 = x[0];
	var x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : '';
	var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
	while (rgx.test(x1)) {
	x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + '٬' + '$2');
	}
	return x1 + x2;

	(function ($) {
	/* Twitter Bootstrap Message Helper
	** Usage: Just select an element with `alert` class and then pass this object for options.
	** Example: $("#messagebox").message({text: "Hello world!", type: "error"});
	** Author: Afshin Mehrabani <[email protected]>
	** Date: Monday, 08 October 2012
	*/
	$.fn.message = function(options) {
	//remove all previous bootstrap alert box classes
	this[0].className = this[0].className.replace(/alert-(success\|error\|warning\|info)/g , '');

	.3rdeden {
	background-image: url(gravatar('[email protected]', '[email protected]'))
	}

	// generates a valid gravatar that defaults to company e-mail and then a known github e-mail

	// Create our server
	var server;
	server = http.createServer(function(req,res){
	// Set CORS headers
	res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*');
	res.setHeader('Access-Control-Request-Method', '*');
	res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Methods', 'OPTIONS, GET');
	res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Headers', '*');
	if ( req.method === 'OPTIONS' ) {
	res.writeHead(200);