Promise Visualization Playground
Learning and science
programming visualization
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How HN took it
0 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 3 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.40.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Interesting idea for visualizing promises
From 2 comments
I don't quite understand what's going on here but find it extremely interesting. Is it an implementation of a particular theory? The word 'Promise' makes me think of automated…
anigbrowl on HN>sorry if this is completely off the wall it certainly is > irrelevant for the way most helpful to most people reading, yeah, probably > I was just instantly struck by the…
dropit_sphere on HN
Objections
Demo fails with JavaScript syntax or runtime errors in browsers
From 2 comments
I would love to try it, but I have a javascript error in the console: Uncaught SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list demo.min.js:1 Chrome version: Version 44.0.2403.155…
lasryaric on HNCan't seem to get it working on Chromium 34: ``` Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function demo.min.js:20 (anonymous function) demo.min.js:20 i demo.min.js:1 (anonymous…
nadaviv on HN
Nothing runs unless Babel transpilation is enabled
From 1 comment
You may want to default to Babelifying. Nothing was happening and I only discovered the problem by going to the developer console and seeing a syntax error.
jsprogrammer on HN
Async/await makes a separate playground unnecessary
From 1 comment
Async/await is such a much better syntax so I just use babel. It makes the syntax close to the normal synchronous code. Then you don't need a 'playground' to visualize basic…
ilaksh on HN
Requests
Default to Babelified build so the demo works
From 2 comments
You may want to default to Babelifying. Nothing was happening and I only discovered the problem by going to the developer console and seeing a syntax error.
jsprogrammer on HNTry using the babelify option
bevacqua on HN
Questions
Is this an implementation of a particular theory?
From 1 comment
I don't quite understand what's going on here but find it extremely interesting. Is it an implementation of a particular theory? The word 'Promise' makes me think of automated…
anigbrowl on HN
Alternatives named
Using async/await with Babel for visualizing control flow
From 1 comment
Async/await is such a much better syntax so I just use babel. It makes the syntax close to the normal synchronous code. Then you don't need a 'playground' to visualize basic…
ilaksh on HN