with flow

require.paths.unshift('lib');
require('express');
flow = require('flow-js/flow');
require('express/plugins');
redisclient = require('redis-node-client/lib/redis-client');
redis = redisclient.createClient();
sys = require('sys');


configure(function () {
    use(Logger);
    set('root', __dirname);
});

toDollars = function (pennies) {
    return (parseInt(pennies, 10) / 100).toFixed(2);
};

get('/', function () {
    self = this;
    redis.hgetall('site:1:details', function (err, siteDetails) {
        redis.zcard('site:1:auctions', function (err, auctions) {
            redis.zcard('site:1:bids', function (err, bids) {
                redis.zrange('site:1:open', 0, -1, function (err, liveAuctions) {
                    auctionDetailList = {};
                    redisclient.convertMultiBulkBuffersToUTF8Strings(liveAuctions);
                    //sys.p(liveAuctions);

                    function getAuctionDetails(iterator) {
                        redis.hgetall('auction:' + liveAuctions[iterator] + ':details', function (err, auctionDetails) {
                            redisclient.convertMultiBulkBuffersToUTF8Strings(auctionDetails);
                            //sys.p(auctionDetails);
                            auctionDetailList[iterator] = auctionDetails;
                        }); // hgetall
                    }
                    flow.exec(function () {
                        for (var i = 0; i < liveAuctions.length; i++) {
                            getAuctionDetails(i);
                        } // for
                    }, function () {
                        sys.p(auctionDetailList);

                        self.render('front.html.ejs', {
                            locals: {
                                title: 'BidCactus',
                                profit: toDollars(16515),
                                auctions: auctions,
                                bids: bids,
                                liveAuctions: liveAuctions,
                                auctionDetails: auctionDetailList
                            }
                        });
                    }); // flow
                });
            });
        });
    });
});

run();

without flow:

require.paths.unshift('lib');
require('express');
flow = require('flow-js/flow');
require('express/plugins');
redisclient = require('redis-node-client/lib/redis-client');
redis = redisclient.createClient();
sys = require('sys');

configure(function () {
use(Logger);
set('root', __dirname);
});

toDollars = function (pennies) {
return (parseInt(pennies, 10) / 100).toFixed(2);
};

get('/', function () {
self = this;
redis.hgetall('site:1:details', function (err, siteDetails) {
redis.zcard('site:1:auctions', function (err, auctions) {
redis.zcard('site:1:bids', function (err, bids) {
redis.zrange('site:1:open', 0, -1, function (err, liveAuctions) {
auctionDetailList = {};
redisclient.convertMultiBulkBuffersToUTF8Strings(liveAuctions);
//sys.p(liveAuctions);

                function getAuctionDetails(iterator) {
                    redis.hgetall('auction:' + liveAuctions[iterator] + ':details', function (err, auctionDetails) {
                        redisclient.convertMultiBulkBuffersToUTF8Strings(auctionDetails);
                        //sys.p(auctionDetails);
                        auctionDetailList[iterator] = auctionDetails;
                    }); // hgetall
                }
                for (var i = 0; i < liveAuctions.length; i++) {
                    getAuctionDetails(i);
                } // for
                sys.p(auctionDetailList);

                self.render('front.html.ejs', {
                    locals: {
                        title: 'BidCactus',
                        profit: toDollars(16515),
                        auctions: auctions,
                        bids: bids,
                        liveAuctions: liveAuctions,
                        auctionDetails: auctionDetailList
                    }
                });
            });
        });
    });
});

});

run();