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We subscribe to the Git Featrue Branch workflow, briefly described in that link.

In practice, it works as follows:

FEATURE DEVELOPMENT

Steps to Follow:

1. Start with an updated local development branch -- by checking out the dev branch and pulling changes:
   git checkout development
git pull origin development

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written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.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