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Concepts

• Deferred
• Promise
• Resolver
• when() - can't we just use .then()?
• Proposed Promises/A spec by Kris Zyp

Tutorials

• Async Programming Part 1: It's Messy
• Async Programming Part 2: Promises

Getting along

• Using with Dojo
• Using with jQuery

Examples

• Simple examples
• How Promises/A forwarding works
• Competitive Races with when.any() and when.some()
• Example showing when.any(), when.some(), and when.all() Look at your console! From @ditman's talk A Promise is a Promise
• Simple, asynchronous map-reduce using when.map() + when.reduce()
  • when.js + Dojo
  • when.js + jQuery, and no need for $.pipe()
• when/delay - Create promises that resolve after a delay
• when/timeout - Create promises that automatically reject if not resolved before a timeout
• when/cancelable - Make deferreds cancelable
• when/apply - Promises and Arrays helper module

Debugging

• when/debug - Experimental debugging for promises

History

• Changelog