domenic

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written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.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.

thomasnordlund

authRouteProvider.$inject = ['$routeProvider'];
function authRouteProvider ($routeProvider) {
  /**
   * Creates a controller bound to the route, or wraps the controller in param
   * so the authentication check is run before the original controller is executed
   * @param currentController
   * @return {Function} The wrapper controller
   */
  function redirectCtrlFactory (currentController) {
    _ctrl.$inject = ['currentUser__', 'userRole__', '$location'];