jQuery vs. Promises/A
In terms of capabilities, jQuery Promises and Promises/A are nearly identical. Q.js, the most popular Promises/A library, even offers methods that can work with jQuery Promises. The differences are superficial; they use the same words to mean different things.
As previously mentioned in âMaking Promisesâ, jQuery uses the term resolve as the opposite of fail, whereas Promises/A uses fulfill. Under Promises/A, a Promise is said to be âresolvedâ when itâs either fulfilled or failed.
Up until the release of 1.8, jQueryâs then method was just a shorthand for invoking done, fail, and progress simultaneously, while Promises/Aâs then acted more like jQueryâs pipe. jQuery 1.8 corrected this by making then a synonym ...
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