that thing everyone needs now, if you're using `await` on the front-end. Obvious caveat: Don't actually use this without babel et al

pause.js

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// UPDATE:
//
// If you're using a Sails app, and you need to do this on the backend, then instead of the code below,
// consider just using `sails.helpers.flow.pause()` from sails-hook-organics.
// (Now available by default in the "Web App" template.)
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/**
 * pause()
 *
 * Pause for the specified number of milliseconds.
 *
 * ```
 * var pause = parasails.require('pause');
 *
 * // Wait 2 seconds
 * await pause(2000);
 * ```
 *
 * > This is just a simple wrapper around setTimeout().
 * > It _cannot_ be canceled.  If you need to cancel this timer,
 * > then just use the native setTimeout() instead.
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------
 * @param {Number} ms
 * -----------------------------------------------------------------
 */

parasails.registerUtility('pause', (ms)=>{

  // We also could have used `parley` for a bit more consistency with the way you
  // call helpers, etc. the Sails backend-- but we'd have to browserify it and all that.
  // This is good enough.  Since a Promise is a "thenable", it means we can use `await`!
  return new Promise((resolve) => {
    setTimeout(()=>{
      resolve();
    }, ms);
  });

});