Lecture 6 - Async - Handout
Additional materials:
Event loop:
Philip Roberts explaining the EventLoop:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ
His event loop simulator: http://latentflip.com/loupe/
Promises:
Promise documentation:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promis
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Promise tutorial: https://javascript.info/promise-basics
Promise tutorial s with an example of advanced features of BlueBird (promise library)
https://hackernoon.com/understanding-promises-in-javascript-13d99df067c1
Railway oriented programming: https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/rop/
Video is linked on the linked page…
There are loads of other videos on youtube taking on Promises. Here’s one of them:
FunFunFunction promise tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d7s3spWAzo
(There’s a second page…)
Async / Await
An amazing async/await tutorial with an example of why you might want to avoid it.
The difference between these pieces of code is explained there:
https://hackernoon.com/understanding-async-await-in-javascript-1d81bb079b2c
There are loads of other videos on youtube taking on Async/Await. Here’s one of them:
FunFunFunction async / await tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=568g8hxJJp4