Issue #538 (Promise Concurrency, JS Utils, JSON/DB, Uncats)11/09/23
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At this point you might already be familiar with the basics of JavaScript Promises. One specific area of Promises that has a few aspects to it is something called Promise concurrency. This comprises four different methods to facilitate concurrent (i.e. overlapping) tasks.
Here's a brief description of each one with some code examples:
Promise.all()
This is probably the most well-known of these methods. This method takes an iterable of Promises and returns a single Promise. It fulfills when all of the promises fulfill and rejects when any of the promises rejects.
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const p1 = Promise.resolve(5);
const p2 = 33;
const p3 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
setTimeout(resolve, 2000, 'Some text...');
});
Promise.all([p1, p2, p3]).then((values) => {
console.log(values);
});
// Log: [5,33,"Some text..."]
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The above example fulfills the single returned Promise because all three of the Promises passed into it are fulfilled.
Promise.allSettled()
This method similarly takes an iterable of Promises and returns a single Promise. But in this case it fulfills when all the Promises settle (which could be either fulfilled or rejected).
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const p4 = Promise.resolve(9);
const p5 = new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
setTimeout(reject, 4000, 'Some text...'),
);
const promises = [p4, p5];
Promise.allSettled(promises).then((results) =>
results.forEach((result) => console.log(result.status)),
);
// Log: "fullfilled"
// Log: "rejected"
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In this case one of the Promises is rejected but the Promise is still fulfilled.
Promise.any()
This method again takes an iterable of Promises and returns a single Promise. It fulfills when any of the promises fulfills and rejects when all of the promises reject.
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const p6 = Promise.reject(0);
const p7 = new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 6000, '1st'));
const p8 = new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 7000, '2nd'));
const promises2 = [p6, p7, p8];
Promise.any(promises2).then((value) => console.log(value));
// Log: "1st"
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The log produces only the second Promise because the returned Promise for the any() method has already fulfilled once it finds one that fulfills.
Promise.race()
This last method again takes an iterable of promises and returns a single Promise that (as the name implies) settles once the first Promise settles (i.e. either fulfills or rejects).
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const p9 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
setTimeout(resolve, 9000, 'Initial');
});
const p10 = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
setTimeout(resolve, 8000, 'Secondary');
});
Promise.race([p9, p10]).then((value) => {
console.log(value);
});
// Log: "Secondary"
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In the above example, the "Secondary" text is the only one that logs because it 'gets there first' (that is, it wins the "race").
That's concurrency methods in a nutshell. You can view all the above examples in this CodePen. Try messing around with the different values to see how the code responds for the different methods.
Now on to this week's tools!
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JavaScript Utilities
AuthKit
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Shadow
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csv42
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SMOB
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Lobe Chat
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Banditypes
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Waiter and AUTRATAC
A utility and Babel plugin that allow delaying JavaScript code execution to address unused code for better performance.
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JSON Tools, Databases, etc.
Instant.dev
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JSON Viewer
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denodata
A Deno native indexed database backed by the Deno KV store and has zero external dependencies.
stark-db
An SQLite-backed, change-tracking database available over HTTP.
Dbmate
A Go-based database migration tool to keep your database schema in sync across multiple developers and your production servers.
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RDB
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Neboa
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JSON Data AI
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Hydra
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The Uncategorizables
OpenSign
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Ruffle
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Qwant
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Amarkdown
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Lottielab
A motion design tool to create and edit Lottie animations and ship to your apps and websites. Free while in beta.
OpenObserve
A cloud native observability platform built specifically for logs, metrics, traces and analytics designed to work at petabyte scale.
Weavely
An AI-based form builder that lets you design forms in Figma and publish and collect responses. Free while in beta.
Mixpost
An open-source solution to easily create, schedule, publish, and manage social media content in one place, with no limits or monthly subscription fees.
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Commercial Apps and Classifieds
Descope – No-code builder to add authentication and identity management to your B2C apps.
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Bytes – A JavaScript newsletter that's informative and entertaining, for all levels of JS devs. AD
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Base Analytics – A privacy-friendly
Google Analytics alternative compliant with GDPR, CCPA, etc.
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Outerbase – AI-powered database platform for viewing, querying, visualizing, and editing your data.
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JavaScript E-Books – 250+ tips, tricks, and little-known facts, with lots of live code demos. AD
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Table Backend – A small backend solution as an alternative to Airtable, GSheets, Notion, etc.
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fastdbaccess – A simple way to create a database and use an API to perform CRUD operations.
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