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written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.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

Artist - Track Name

Phil Collins - In the Air Tonight

Sublime Text 2 – Useful Shortcuts (Mac OS X)

General

⌘T	go to file
⌘⌃P	go to project
⌘R	go to methods
⌃G	go to line
⌘KB	toggle side bar
⌘⇧P	command prompt


	/**
	* Module dependencies.
	*/

	var fs = require('fs');
	var ogg = require('ogg');
	var lame = require('lame');
	var vorbis = require('vorbis');

	-- show running queries (pre 9.2)
	SELECT procpid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, current_query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE current_query != '<IDLE>' AND current_query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'
	ORDER BY query_start desc;

	-- show running queries (9.2)
	SELECT pid, age(clock_timestamp(), query_start), usename, query
	FROM pg_stat_activity
	WHERE query != '<IDLE>' AND query NOT ILIKE '%pg_stat_activity%'

	fs = require 'fs'
	ID3 = require 'node-id3'
	findit = require 'findit'
	cradle = require 'cradle'
	db = new(cradle.Connection)().database('music')
	allowed_files = [ 'mp3', 'aiff', 'wav', 'ogg' ]
	mnt = [
	'/Users/<username>/Music',
	'/Users/<username>/Podcasts' ]

	//################################################################ STYLUS MIXIN

	// Colors
	$lavender = #9569bb
	$pink = #f468f9
	$white = #fff
	$black = #000
	$grayDark = #333
	$grayMed = #666
	$grayLight = #999

	#! /path/to/node

	var haibu = require('/path/to/haibu');

	var client = new haibu.drone.Client();

	process.stdin.resume();
	process.stdin.on('data', function(data){
	var package = JSON.parse(data.toString());

	-- ========================================
	-- Author: Christopher Webb
	-- Web: http://conspirator.co
	-- Twitter: http://twitter.com/conspirator
	-- ========================================

	set finderPath to ""

	tell application "Finder"
	try

	scriptencoding utf-8

	let s:calendar_list = [
	\ ['Australian Holidays', 'en.australian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],
	\ ['Austrian Holidays', 'en.austrian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],
	\ ['Brazilian Holidays', 'en.brazilian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],
	\ ['Canadian Holidays', 'en.canadian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],
	\ ['China Holidays', 'en.china#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],
	\ ['Christian Holidays', 'en.christian#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],
	\ ['Danish Holidays', 'en.danish#holiday@group.v.calendar.google.com'],