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var a, async = function(f) { setTimeout(function() { var r = 'step 2'; f(r); }, 1); }, myFunc = function() { a = 'step 1'; async(function(r) { a = r; // should reset ...

You want the responsiveness that asynchronous programming in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 provides, but also need your asynchronous methods to work with other code in your application. Here's how ...

Promises make asynchronous processing simple, consistent and easy to use. And, with TypeScript and Promises.TypeScript providing support for generic Promises, you get both type safety and IntelliSense ...

Here is my CopyFileEx class. It implements async I/O to copy a file from source to destination. It also raises an event as each chunk is read, so the calling application can present a file copy dialog ...