dfrrd

Dfrrd

• A ultra-simple and robust Deferred + Promises/A implementation for Node and the browser.

Project goals

• Keep it simple to the bone
• Keep it closely aligned to the jQuery Deferred API
• Test coverage > 97%

Download

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How to use

Include it as a dependency in your project's package.json:

"dependencies": {
  "dfrrd": "latest"
}

Install using npm

$ npm install dfrrd

Usage examples

Node.js

$ node
> var Deferred = require("dfrrd")
> var deferred = new Deferred()
> deferred.then(function(value) { console.log("Resolved with: ", value) })
> setTimeout(function() { deferred.resolve("Yay!") }, 1000)
// ... wait a sec
> Resolved with: Yay!

Browser

Copy dfrrd.js and include in your project

<script src="/path/to/deferred.js"></script>

<script>
  var deferred = new Deferred()
  deferred.then(function(value) { console.log("Resolved with: ", value) })
  setTimeout(function() { deferred.resolve("Yay!") }, 1000)
</script>

Run Mocha tests

Run tests in Node.js

$ npm test

Run tests in browser

$ npm run-script test-browser

More examples

Check out test/deferred.coffee for more examples