What is a Promise?

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Why does it exist?

How does it work and how should it be used in the simplest way? Any specific care? When is abuse to adopt this mechanism?

Exists only in Javascript?

  • With the intention of being canonical since the subject will still yield much.

  • You already have: What are Javascript prefixes (promises)?, although the answers have much to improve there. :-)

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    I’ll leave as duplicate because I sought I did not appear. This search is very bad.

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    @Luizfelipe sends a reply there... :)

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    @Cmtecardeal, done! :-) The idea is to make that response canonical, so if you have any suggestions of what else to put in the comments. I tried to be very generalist, but suggestions are welcome.

  • I felt less bad to see a Maniero question marked as Duplicate, it doesn’t just happen to me :)

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