promises-ideas.md

used

• promise as a layout for the talk (we'll do this then this then this if that fails etc)
• why would we use promises (in js and the real world -- highlighting the real world, why even bother with promises)
• "bloopers" -- ideas i had for making this funny that "didn't make the cut"
  • a promise state is like one of these things
    • pending -- outcome tbd (playing hard to get)
    • fulfilled -- completed, and the promise has a value (worth something)
    • rejected -- failed, has a reason why it failed (excuses excuses)
    • settled -- has fulfilled/rejected (you know how you feel)
  • diff libs as men i have dated and how they are different. or dates i have been on?
  • chaining promises like a prison you build for yourself
  • i promise i have a point here
  • a promise can only succeed or fail once and once it is one of those things, there's no changing it. b/c of this, you can react to the outcome appropriately. -- there's a joke here...

unused

• promises are like vibrators? lol..
• browser is a vibrator, libraries are boys who try to make it all ok..
• no really, i know what asynchronous means... reusing "no really i get it"
• add in metaphors
• ask audience for promises they've kept and not kept
  • write live code?
  • write code for promises i've said i'd keep and didn't
  • mad lib for promises
• share how i think about things to have things make more sense/stick in my brain
• end with: we're all terrible people
  • jk we're not all terrible
    • b/c i'm amazing
      • hey, follow me on twitter!
        • also come watch me perform improv

i want everyone to leave with...

• intelectually
  • an understanding of promises and how to use them (if they don't already)
• entertainment
  • what promises do we as people make?
  • a well-developed and interesting character

todo

• sudo code of promises
• organize slides
• put guideline up top?
• fill in slides that are missing info
• practice
• figure out where i can add in participation