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async-try, helper module to debug asyncronous code.
usage:
var TRY = require("async-try").TRY;
var waitForIt = function(time, callback){
console.log("this module is legen...");
console.log("...wait for it...");
if ( time > 3 ){
setTimeout(function(){
console.log("...dary");
callback(null, "legendary!");
}, time*1000 );
} else {
callback("need more patience");
}
};
var waitFor = function(time){
return function(callback) {
waitForIt(time, callback);
}
}
TRY( "waiting for it", waitFor(5), console.log, function(result){
console.log("This module is " + result);
})
var dontWait = function(callback){
TRY( "pretending to wait for it", waitFor(2), callback, function(result){
console.log("This module is " + result);
});
}
var logError = function(error){
console.log("[ERROR] " + error);
}
TRY( "not waiting for it", dontWait, logError, function(result){
console.log("This module is " + result);
})
will output
this module is legen...
...wait for it...
this module is legen...
...wait for it...
[ERROR] need more patience
| While pretending to wait for it at: dontWait (C:\Path\to\file.js:27:2)
| While not waiting for it at: Object.<anonymous> (C:\Path\to\file.js:35:1)
...dary
This module is legendary!
FAQs
async-try, helper module to debug asyncronous code.
The npm package async-try receives a total of 0 weekly downloads. As such, async-try popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that async-try demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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