sample14.js

function sum(xPromise, yPromise) {
	// `Promise.all([ .. ])` takes an array of promises,
	// and returns a new promise that waits on them
	// all to finish
	return Promise.all([xPromise, yPromise])

	// when that promise is resolved, let's take the
	// received `X` and `Y` values and add them together.
	.then(function(values){
		// `values` is an array of the messages from the
		// previously resolved promises
		return values[0] + values[1];
	} );
}

// `fetchX()` and `fetchY()` return promises for
// their respective values, which may be ready
// *now* or *later*.
sum(fetchX(), fetchY())

// we get a promise back for the sum of those
// two numbers.
// now we chain-call `then(...)` to wait for the
// resolution of that returned promise.
.then(function(sum){
    console.log(sum);
});