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"dependencies": {
"dfrrd": "latest"
}
$ npm install dfrrd
$ 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!
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 tests in Node.js
$ npm test
Run tests in browser
$ npm run-script test-browser
Check out test/deferred.coffee for more examples
FAQs
An ultra-simple Deferred (Promises/A) implementation for Node and the browser.
The npm package dfrrd receives a total of 51 weekly downloads. As such, dfrrd popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that dfrrd 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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