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someAsyncMethod()
	.then (result) ->
		DoSomethingSynchronous()
		return someOtherAsyncMethod("stuff")
	.then (result) ->
		return yetAnotherAsyncMethod("things", "and stuff")
	.then (result) ->
		console.log "Whoo, we're done!"
		exit 0
	

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someAsyncMethod().then(function(result) {
  DoSomethingSynchronous();
  return someOtherAsyncMethod("stuff");
}).then(function(result) {
  return yetAnotherAsyncMethod("things", "and stuff");
}).then(function(result) {
  console.log("Whoo, we're done!");
  return exit(0);
});

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var shelf = /* initialize bookshelf here */

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
	req.db = shelf;
	req.model = shelf.model.bind(shelf);
	return next();
});

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/* Without Promises */
asynchronousFunctionOne(function(value){
	somethingSync(value);
	asynchronousFunctionTwo(function(){
		somethingElseSync();
		asynchronousFunctionThree(function(){
			console.log("Done!");
		});
	});
});

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// BAD:

if (condition == true)
	doThing();
	
// GOOD:

if (condition == true) {
	doThing();
}

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fancyshelf

A friendly wrapper for Bookshelf. The goal is to have an API that is so consistent, predictable and logical that you won't even really need to read the documentation to use it.

The registry and virtuals plugins in Bookshelf are enabled by default when using fancyshelf.

Instantiating

var shelf = require("fancyshelf")({

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Promise = require "bluebird"
appUtil = require "../util"

module.exports = (shelf) ->
	shelf.model "User",
		tableName: "users"
		hasTimestamps: true

		projects: -> @hasMany "Project", "owner_id"

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function http_get(url, { "User-Agent" = "kitchen sink 2.0" }, { sayHi, verbose: v }) {
	if (sayHi) {
		console.log("HI!");
	}

	if (v) {
		console.log("Sending request");
	}

	return require('http').get({

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  "devDependencies": {
    "browserify": "^5.11.2",
    "browserify-shim": "^3.7.0",
    "coffee-script": "^1.8.0",
    "coffeeify": "^0.7.0",
    "gulp": "~3.8.0",
    "gulp-cached": "~0.0.3",
    "gulp-coffee": "~2.0.1",
    "gulp-concat": "~2.2.0",
    "gulp-jade": "^0.7.0",

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someObject = instantiateSomePersistentObjectSomehow();

app.use(function(req, res, next) {
	req.someObject = someObject;
	next();
});

// ...

app.get("/sample/route", function(req, res) {