Posts in 2020

How I think about solving problems

The five questions I used to help me decide, prioritize, and solve problems.

Nicholas C. Zakas

February 18, 2020 • 9 min read

How to safely use GitHub Actions in organizations

GitHub actions have some good default security measures built in, but you can do more to protect yourself.

Nicholas C. Zakas

July 21, 2020 • 16 min read

GitHub GitHub Actions Tokens

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 1: Constructor

Sometimes it's easier to understand complex concepts like promises by creating them yourself.

Nicholas C. Zakas

September 22, 2020 • 14 min read

JavaScript Promises ECMAScript 6

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 2: Resolving to a promise

Resolving promises to non-thenables is easy; resolving promises to other promises requires a bit of work.

Nicholas C. Zakas

September 29, 2020 • 7 min read

JavaScript Promises ECMAScript 6

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 3: then(), catch(), and finally()

Promise handlers are where all of the asynchronous actions happens and it helps to look at the internals to understand how they work.

Nicholas C. Zakas

October 6, 2020 • 22 min read

JavaScript Promises ECMAScript 6

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 4: Promise.resolve() and Promise.reject()

Promises created with Promise.resolve() and Promise.reject() go through a different process than when created with a constructor.

Nicholas C. Zakas

October 13, 2020 • 8 min read

JavaScript Promises ECMAScript 6

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 5: Promise.race() and Promise.any()

Promise.race() and Promise.any() work on any number of promises to allow you to know when certain ones have resolved

Nicholas C. Zakas

November 24, 2020 • 19 min read

JavaScript Promises ECMAScript 6

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 6: Promise.all() and Promise.allSettled()

Promise.all() and Promise.allSettled() work on any number of promises to allow you to know when all of the promises have resolved

Nicholas C. Zakas

December 16, 2020 • 11 min read

JavaScript Promises ECMAScript 6

How I think about solving problems

How to safely use GitHub Actions in organizations

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 1: Constructor

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 2: Resolving to a promise

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 3: then(), catch(), and finally()

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 4: Promise.resolve() and Promise.reject()

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 5: Promise.race() and Promise.any()

Creating a JavaScript promise from scratch, Part 6: Promise.all() and Promise.allSettled()

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