An introduction to JavaScript Promises using a real world analogy

promisemilk.js

// A husband forges out into the night...
// promising his wife to go to the store and come back with milk

const goToStore = new Promise((res, rej) => {
  // do our code
  // then when we are done, call res()
  // if anything goes wrong, throw an error by calling rej()
  
  const wentToStore = Math.random() <= .75; // 75% chance he remembers to go to the store
  
  if(wentToStore) {
    res('[Husband arrives at store]');
  } else {
    rej(new Error("Wife: You didn't go to the store???!!!"));
  }
  
});

const buyMilk = new Promise((res, rej) => {
  const rememberMilk = Math.random() <= .35; // 35% chance he remembers the milk
  
  if(rememberMilk) {
    res("Wife: You remembered the milk!")
  } else {
    rej(new Error("Wife: You forgot the milk again?!"));
  }
});


Promise.all([
  goToStore,
  buyMilk
]).then((messages) => {
  // all the promises fullfilled, we get an Array of what each resolved
  console.log(messages);
}).catch((err) => {
  console.log('(something went wrong)');
  console.error(err);
});

Very good example, thanks. But can you explain why "Husband arrives at store" is wrapped in an array, please? The other message isn't, so this is the only unclear thing to me.

Whoops, I see the square brackets are part of the string now!

@joeldbirch I've actually had a few people confused by the brackets, they are meant to be from the perspective "narrator"