jturkel

group :test do
  gem 'atomic'
end

domenic

This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.

You're Missing the Point of Promises

Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:

getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
 // the rest of your code goes here.

avdi

def transform_hash(original, options={}, &block)
  original.inject({}){|result, (key,value)|
    value = if (options[:deep] && Hash === value) 
              transform_hash(value, options, &block)
            else 
              value
            end
    block.call(result,key,value)
    result
  }