Promises API in Node.js Core: Part "Do", the Update!
summary
Status update on promisifying Node core: several APIs like FS and DNS now have experimental Promise variants, Node 12 ships zero-cost async stack traces, and a landed PR adds an EventEmitter option captureRejections that attaches a .then handler to surface async handler throws. Work remains on streams, HTTP and net (event-to-iterator bridging), many open PRs tracked in a public spreadsheet, and contributors are invited to submit and review Promise-fication patches.
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- 0:00Start
- 11:25Debugging nightmare
- 11:49Event emitters give multiple responses
- 13:03Things are getting better
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