await.js

My beef with JS Promises (uppercase "P") is that, as a programming idiom, I prefer once I have X, Y and Z, do something with X, Y and Z over get X, then get Y, then get Z. In the former case, the provisioning logic is a separate concern; it could be done in parallel, serially, or via some combination of both. In the latter case, it's inherently serial. I wrote an alternate implementation of promises in JS (lowercase "p") that uses the former approach: https://github.com/greim/await.js

Yes, there are numerous libraries that do this. For instance, Tamejs is now rolled into CoffeeScript, creating IcedCoffeeScript. I didn't think CoffeeScript could get better, but it does. In addition, there is: Q (implementation of the CommonJS Promises spec) https://github.com/kriskowal/q Streamline.js https://github.com/Sage/streamlinejs Await.js (New, inspired by Tame/IcedCS) https://github.com/greim/await.js jQuery.Deferred http://api.jquery.com/category/deferred-object/ ...And less current libs like Node-promises and FuturesJS. Here's a comparison from last year: http://www.infoq.com/articles/surviving-asynchronous-program... And IcedCS's debut on HN: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3522839 In JS devs seem to like to reinvent the wheel. I'd love to see the community rally around one of these solutions, instead of creating new