#Simply Deferred ###jQuery-like Deferred API for Node and the browser
##Installation npm install simply-deferred
##Usage var Deferred = require('simply-deferred').Deferred; var rendering = new Deferred(); rendering.done(function(){ console.log('Finished rendering'); });
//...
rendering.resolve();
##API Simply Deferred is fullly compatible with jQuery's API, so the docs and usage are the same. Like the jQuery deferred API, it provides the following methods:
Deferred()
deferred.state()
deferred.done()
deferred.fail()
deferred.progress()
deferred.always()
deferred.promise()
deferred.notify()
deferred.notifyWith()
deferred.resolve()
deferred.resolveWith()
deferred.rejectWith()
deferred.reject()
deferred.pipe()
deferred.then()
Deferred.when()
###Collaborating Please feel free to raise issues on github.com/sudhirj/simply-deferred/issues - both obvious bugs or incompatibilities with jQuery are welcome.
If you'd like contribute a fix or a feature, that would be even better. Please make sure all pull requests are accompanied by tests, though.
If you'd like to start work on a feature that is not part of the jQuery library, just raise an empty pull request and let's talk about it first - the goal here for this library to be a drop-in replacement for jQuery, with the same docs and API.
###Support
If you'd like to financially support the development of this library or just say thanks, you can send Bitcoin to 18TAaTamWaiv7cMK6FdbYeRzJUqBnECEah
. I'm also available to consult on how promises can improve your codebase - mail me at [email protected]
###Usage with Zepto
Zepto now has a deferred module available, so you might want to use that if Zepto is your primary reason for using Simply Deferred.
Simply Deffered also acts as a plugin to Zepto. The absence of a Deferred library was one of the biggest reasons I've been holding back, so I thought it made sense to write one. Once you have both Zepto and Simply Deferred on your page, just do Deferred.installInto(Zepto)
to set it up. The installation makes the following changes to bring it closer to jQuery:
- Aliases the
Deferred
constructor to$.Deferred
. - Aliases the
when
method to$.when
. - Wraps
$.ajax
to return apromise
, which has only the following methods:state()
,done()
,fail()
andalways()
. The arguments passed to thedone
andfail
callbacks are the same ones passed to thesuccess
anderror
options.