1-promises.js

## 1-promises.js
// With Promises
getJson('story.json').then(function(story) {
  addHtmlToPage(story.heading);

  // Map our array of chapter urls
  // to an array of chapter json promises
  return story.chapterUrls.map(getJson).reduce(function(chain, chapterPromise) {
    // Use reduce to chain the promises together,
    // but adding content to the page for each chapter
    return chain.then(function() {
      return chapterPromise;
    }).then(function(chapter) {
      addHtmlToPage(chapter.html);
    });
  }, Promise.resolve());
}).then(function() {
  addTextToPage("All done");
}).catch(function(err) {
  // catch any error that happened along the way
  addTextToPage("Argh, broken: " + err.message);
}).then(function() {
  document.querySelector('.spinner').style.display = 'none';
});

## 2-node.js
// With Node.js-style callbacks
// A couple of functions to save repetiton
function handleError(err) {
  addTextToPage("Argh, broken: " + err.message);
  hideSpinner();
}

function hideSpinner() {
  document.querySelector('.spinner').style.display = 'none';
}

getJsonCallback('story.json', function(err, story) {
  // In Node.js callbacks, the first param is an error
  if (err) {
    handleError(err);
    return;
  }

  addHtmlToPage(story.heading);

  // We need to track if anything failed
  var errored = false;
  // Track the next chapter that can appear on the page
  var nextChapterToAdd = 0;
  var chapterHtmls = [];

  story.chapterUrls.forEach(function(chapterUrl, i) {
    getJsonCallback(chapterUrl, function(err, chapter) {
      // If we've already errored, don't want to do anything
      if (errored) {
        return;
      }
      // If this is an error, handle it
      if (err) {
        errored = true;
        handleError(err);
        return;
      }

      // Store this chapter, we might not be able to deal with it yet
      chapterHtmls[i] = chapter.html;

      // Try and add new chapters to the page, in order.
      // Stop when we reach a chapter we've yet to download.
      for (; nextChapterToAdd in chapterHtmls; nextChapterToAdd++) {
        addHtmlToPage(chapterHtmls[nextChapterToAdd]);

        // Did we just add the final chapter?
        if (nextChapterToAdd == story.chapterUrls.length - 1) {
          addTextToPage("All done");
          hideSpinner();
        }
      }
    });
  });
});

## 3-events.js
// With events (using simpler on* properties)
// A couple of functions to save repetiton
function handleError(err) {
  addTextToPage("Argh, broken: " + err.message);
  hideSpinner();
}

function hideSpinner() {
  document.querySelector('.spinner').style.display = 'none';
}

// In this example, we get an object we add load & error listeners to
var request = getJsonEvent('story.json');

request.onload = function() {
  addHtmlToPage(request.response.heading);

  // We need to track if anything failed
  var errored = false;
  // Track the next chapter that can appear on the page
  var nextChapterToAdd = 0;
  var chapterHtmls = [];


  // We store chapter requests so we can remove listeners later
  var chapterRequests = request.response.chapterUrls.map(function(chapterUrl, i) {
    var request = getJsonEvent(chapterUrl);

    request.onload = function() {
      // Store this chapter, we might not be able to deal with it yet
      chapterHtmls[i] = request.response.html;

      // Try and add new chapters to the page, in order.
      // Stop when we reach a chapter we've yet to download.
      for (; nextChapterToAdd in chapterHtmls; nextChapterToAdd++) {
        addHtmlToPage(chapterHtmls[nextChapterToAdd]);

        // Did we just add the final chapter?
        if (nextChapterToAdd == story.chapterUrls.length - 1) {
          addTextToPage("All done");
          hideSpinner();
        }
      }
    };

    request.onerror = function(event) {
      // prevent further events
      chapterRequests.forEach(function(request) {
        request.onload = null;
        request.onerror = null;
      });
      handleError(event.error);
    };

    return request;
  });
};

request.onerror = function(event) {
  handleError(event.error);
};

## 4-promise-generators.js
// With Promises + Generators (and the spawn helper)
spawn(function *() {
  try {
    // 'yield' effectively does an async wait, returning the result of the promise
    let story = yield getJson('story.json');
    addHtmlToPage(story.heading);

    // Map our array of chapter urls
    // to an array of chapter json promises.
    // This makes sure they all download parallel.
    let chapterPromises = story.chapterUrls.map(getJson);

    // Can't use chapterPromises.forEach, because yielding within doesn't work
    for (let chapterPromise of chapterPromises) {
      // Wait for each chapter to be ready, then add it to the page
      let chapter = yield chapterPromise;
      addHtmlToPage(chapter.html);
    }

    addTextToPage("All done");
  }
  catch (err) {
    // try/catch just works, rejected promises are thrown here
    addTextToPage("Argh, broken: " + err.message);
  }
  document.querySelector('.spinner').style.display = 'none';
});