Asynchronous programming in JavaScript as of today (continuation of the main topic)

contracts: (...args, callback) => callback(err, data);

You can find code examples in the files mentioned below.

file timers.js

If we want to make a certain time delay.
inside the function delay() we use...

while() / new Date().getTime()

async () / await / new Promise() / setTimeout()

new Promise() / setTimeout() / .then()

file callbacks.js

Here we specify the emulation of asynchronous calls:

reading of configuration;

executing SQL query;

making GET request;

reading a file;

file workSampleCallback.js

A callback is a function that must be executed after another function has completed its work.

Imagine that a complex task has to be performed at the enterprise.

We will use function doСomplexWork(firstTask, secondTask, callback) that accepts three arguments. We will also have two functions doTesting() and doPacking(), that we'll alternate between using as callbacks.

file workSamplePromise.js

The Promise() constructor takes a function as an argument.

Promises are useful when you have to handle more than one asynchronous task, one after another.

Here we will also use a function doСomplexWork() with three arguments.
And here .then() will come in handy.