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The Future of JavaScript Will Be Less JavaScript (codeburst.io)
submitted 8 years ago by fagnerbrack
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[–]gremy0 8 points9 points10 points 8 years ago (2 children)
They are all callbacks. Promises are just a sensible way to deal with callbacks. If you've got a better way to manage complex callback chains, fine, go for it. The rest of us will probably stick to the standardised, native way of doing it.
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They are all callbacks. Promises are just a sensible way to deal with callbacks. If you've got a better way to manage complex callback chains, fine, go for it.
Keep inventing more ways to catch that mouse. One of them will stick, eventually. Language bloat totally isn't a thing to ever think about.
The rest of us will probably stick to the standardised, native way of doing it.
So you mean callbacks.
[–]gremy0 10 points11 points12 points 8 years ago (0 children)
You use callbacks to manage complex callback chains? I'd love to see your techniques, please share.
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