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Jeremy Fairbank
March 09, 2016
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Fluent Conf: Rise of Async JavaScript
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Transcript
the RISEof async… JavaScript Jeremy Fairbank blog.jeremyfairbank.com @elpapapollo | gh/jfairbank
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Async API Callback
Callback fetchUserById(1, function(err, user) { if (err) { console.error('Could not
retrieve user'); } else { console.log(user); } });
}); }); }); }); }); }); Callback Callback Callback Callback
Callback Callback
function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId, done, fail) { fetchOrder(orderId, function(err, order) { if
(err) { logError(err); fail(err); } else { fetchCustomer( order.customerId, function(err, customer) { if (err) { logError(err); fail(err); } else { done(customer.name); } } ); } }); }
function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId, done, fail) { fetchOrder(orderId, function(err, order) { if
(err) { logError(err); fail(err); } else { fetchCustomer( order.customerId, function(err, customer) { if (err) { logError(err); fail(err); } else { done(customer.name); } } ); } }); }
function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId, done, fail) { fetchOrder(orderId, function(err, order) { if
(err) { logError(err); fail(err); } else { fetchCustomer( order.customerId, function(err, customer) { if (err) { logError(err); fail(err); } else { done(customer.name); } } ); } }); }
Async API ?
Promise function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { return fetchOrder(orderId) .then(order => fetchCustomer(order.customerId)) .then(customer
=> customer.name); }
.then(...) .then(...) .then(...) .then(...) .then(...) .then(...) .then(...) .then(...)
Error Error Error Error
function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { return fetchOrder(orderId) .then(order => fetchCustomer(order.customerId)) .then(customer =>
customer.name) .catch(err => { logError(err); throw err; }); }
Getting there…
• Readable, synchronous program flow • Nonblocking • Use native
flow control constructs
async function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { try { const order = await
fetchOrder(orderId); const customer = await fetchCustomer(order.customerId); return customer.name; } catch (err) { logError(err); throw err; } }
async function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { try { const order = await
fetchOrder(orderId); const customer = await fetchCustomer(order.customerId); return customer.name; } catch (err) { logError(err); throw err; } }
async function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { try { const order = await
fetchOrder(orderId); const customer = await fetchCustomer(order.customerId); return customer.name; } catch (err) { logError(err); throw err; } }
async function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { try { const order = await
fetchOrder(orderId); const customer = await fetchCustomer(order.customerId); return customer.name; } catch (err) { logError(err); throw err; } }
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Await
function fetchOrder(orderId) { return fetch(`/orders/${orderId}`) .then(response => response.json()); } function
printOrder(orderId) { fetchOrder(orderId) .then(order => console.log(order)); }
function fetchOrder(orderId) { return fetch(`/orders/${orderId}`) .then(response => response.json()); } async
function printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); }
async printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); }
fetchOrder(orderId) order
async printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); }
await
async printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); }
await order
await order
await order
async printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); }
?
async function printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order);
} printOrder(1); Invoke
async function printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order);
} printOrder(1); Encounter await
async function printOrder(orderId) { const order = await fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order);
} printOrder(1); Wrap in Promise.resolve
Wrap in Promise.resolve async function printOrder(orderId) { const promise =
Promise.resolve(fetchOrder(orderId)); console.log(order); } printOrder(1);
async function printOrder(orderId) { const promise = Promise.resolve(fetchOrder(orderId)); console.log(order); }
printOrder(1); Wrap rest with then callback
async function printOrder(orderId) { const promise = Promise.resolve(fetchOrder(orderId)); return promise.then(order
=> { console.log(order); return Promise.resolve(undefined); }); } printOrder(1); Wrap rest with then callback
async function printOrder(orderId) { const promise = Promise.resolve(fetchOrder(orderId)); return promise.then(order
=> { console.log(order); return Promise.resolve(undefined); }); } printOrder(1); Wrap implicit return with Promise.resolve
function fetchCustomerNameForOrder(orderId) { return Promise.resolve(fetchOrder(orderId)) .then(order => { return Promise.resolve(fetchCustomer(order.customerId))
.then(customer => { return Promise.resolve(customer.name); }); }); } ?
async function meaningOfLife() { return 42; } meaningOfLife() === 42;
???
async function meaningOfLife() { return 42; } function meaningOfLife() {
return Promise.resolve(42); } meaningOfLife() .then(answer => answer === 42);
Exceptional Situations
async function printOrder(orderId) { try { const order = await
fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); } catch (e) { console.log('Error retrieving order', e); } }
async function printOrder(orderId) { try { const order = await
fetchOrder(orderId); console.log(order); } catch (e) { console.log('Error retrieving order', e); } } ?
function fetchOrder(orderId) { return fetch(`/orders/${orderId}`) .then(resp => { if (resp.status
=== 404) { throw new Error('Order not found'); } return resp.json(); }); }
function fetchOrder(orderId) { return new Promise((resolve, reject) => { $.get(`/orders/${orderId}`)
.done(order => resolve(order)) .fail(resp => { if (resp.status === 404) { reject(new Error('Order not found')); } }); }); }
Error Error Error Error
Regain Control
async function findOrCreateOrder(orderId) { let order; if (await orderExists(orderId)) {
order = await fetchOrder(orderId); } else { order = await createOrder(); } return order; }
async function findOrCreateOrder(orderId) { let order; if (await orderExists(orderId)) {
order = await fetchOrder(orderId); } else { order = await createOrder(); } return order; }
async function printOrders(orderIds) { for (const id of orderIds) {
const order = await fetchOrder(id); console.log(order); } }
async function printOrders(orderIds) { for (const id of orderIds) {
const order = await fetchOrder(id); console.log(order); } }
async function printOrders(orderIds) { for (const id of orderIds) {
const order = await fetchOrder(id); console.log(order); } } Problem?
async function printOrders(orderIds) { for (const id of orderIds) {
const order = await fetchOrder(id); console.log(order); } } printOrders([1, 2, 3]);
printOrders([1, 2, 3]); await fetchOrder(1); await fetchOrder(2); await fetchOrder(3);
printOrders([1, 2, 3]); await fetchOrder(1); await fetchOrder(2); await fetchOrder(3);
printOrders([1, 2, 3]); await fetchOrder(1); await fetchOrder(2); await fetchOrder(3);
async function printOrders(orderIds) { const orders = await Promise.all( orderIds.map(fetchOrder)
); orders.forEach(order => console.log(order)); }
async function printOrders(orderIds) { const orders = await Promise.all( orderIds.map(fetchOrder)
); orders.forEach(order => console.log(order)); }
printOrders([1, 2, 3]); await Promise.all([ fetchOrder(1), fetchOrder(2), fetchOrder(3) ]);
printOrders([1, 2, 3]); Demo rise.of.async.jeremyfairbank.com
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$ npm install --save-dev \ babel-core \ babel-cli \ babel-preset-es2015
\ babel-plugin-syntax-async-functions \ babel-plugin-transform-regenerator \ babel-plugin-transform-runtime
.babelrc { "presets": ["es2015"], "plugins": [ "syntax-async-functions", "transform-regenerator", "transform-runtime" ]
}
$ node_modules/.bin/babel-node myAsyncFile.js
• tc39.github.io/ecmascript-asyncawait/ • github.com/tc39/ecmascript-asyncawait • github.com/tc39/ecma262 Resources
THANKS! Jeremy Fairbank blog.jeremyfairbank.com @elpapapollo | gh/jfairbank speakerdeck.com/jfairbank/fluent-conf-rise-of-async-javascript SLIDES: github.com/jfairbank/rise-of-async-js-talk
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