gistfile1.coffee

# Examples from http://andreypopp.com/posts/2012-10-30-callbacks-to-promises.html
# using IcedCoffeeScript http://maxtaco.github.com/coffee-script/ :
search = (engine, q, cb) ->
  $.ajax(url: engine, success: cb)
await
  search 'google', 'js', defer(googleSearched)
  search 'bing', 'js', defer(bingSearched)
processResults(bingSearched, googleSearched)

await
  $.ajax url: 'google', success: defer(googleSearched)
  $.ajax url: 'bing', success: defer(bingSearched)
processResults(bingSearched, googleSearched)

await
  $('.left').fadeIn 500, defer()
  $('.right').fadeOut 500, defer()
# animations are done, do something else

timeoutSet = (timeout, next) -> setTimeout next, timeout
await timeoutSet 500, defer()