meteor-futures

/**
 *  A practical example of using Fibers in Meteor JS
 */

var MeteorFiber = {

  takeLong: function() {
		var future = new this.Future();
		Meteor.setTimeout(function() {
		  /**
		   *  Something that could take a while...
		   */
			future.return('done');
		}, 750);
		return future.wait();
	},
  
	loopLong: function() {
		var future = new this.Future(),
				things = [1,2,3,4,5,6];

		console.log('Before we run!');

    /**
     *  This loop will run in sequence
     */
		things.forEach(function(thing) {
			this.takeLong();
			console.log('Going to: ', thing);
		}.bind(this));
    
    /**
     *  And this will not be called until the above loop is finished
     */
		console.log('After we run!');

		future.return('I am returning!');

		return future.wait();
	}
};