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Thinking Thunks

Kyle Simpson
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April 11, 2018
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Thinking Thunks

What are thunks and how do they help us express concurrency in JavaScript?

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnRCmzPDPO0

Kyle Simpson
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April 11, 2018
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Transcript

  1. THINKING THUNKS KYLE SIMPSON [email protected]

  2. CALLBACKS

  3. CALLBACK HELL

  4. ALSO: CALLBACK HELL

  5. CAN'T BE TRUSTED

  6. NO COORDINATION

  7. NO MEMORY

  8. None

  9. THUNKS

  10. None

  11. LAZY

  12. None
  13. None

  14. EAGER

  15. None

  16. THUNK: TIME INDEPENDENT VALUE

  17. THUNK: PROMISE WITHOUT THE API

  18. None

  19. THINKING THUNKS KYLE SIMPSON [email protected] THANKS!!!!