044 jsAir - Async Patterns in JavaScript with Valeri Karpov and Peter Lyons
October 12, 2016 - Kent C. Dodds
Async Patterns in JavaScript with Valeri Karpov and Peter Lyons
Description:
One of the distinctive aspects of JavaScript is how it deals with asynchronous operations (like reading a file or making a request to a database or server). We're going to talk about the different patterns you can follow with async in JavaScript
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- Cultivate self-awareness for when your tools are not visual enough or not fast enough. Write custom tools/scripts early and often.
- RegEx 101
- Julia Evans' blog (@b0rk on twitter
- Bouldering (rock climbing)
- The 80/20 Guide to ES2015 Generators, http://es2015generators.com/
- Callback Hell is a Myth
- Think things through for yourself, don’t just take somebody’s word for it because they’re an "expert"
- Write about your learnings, whether on a blog or to your team, best way to learn is to teach someone else
- TC-39 finished proposals (async/await is included in ES2017)
- Do what you think is right and what you want to do.