The debut of Promises in JavaScript has lit the internet on fire—they help developers break out of callback hell and solve a lot of problems that have plagued the asynchronous code of JavaScript programmers everywhere. Promises are far from flawless, though. They still require callbacks, can still be messy in complex...
I can barely remember a conference where the topic of asynchronous PHP wasn’t discussed. I am pleased that it’s so frequently spoken about these days. There’s a secret these speakers aren’t telling, though…Making asynchronous servers, resolving domain names, interacting with file systems...
For a long time, JavaScript developers have used callback functions to perform several tasks. A very common example is to add a callback via the addEventListener() function to execute various operations when an event, such as click or keypress, is fired. Callback functions are simple and get the job done for simple cas...
Event-based programming is a strange topic for PHP developers. In a language as procedural; events are little more than function calls. Nothing happens between events, and all meaningful code is still blocking. Languages like JavaScript show us what PHP could be like if event loops were at the center. Some folks have t...
PHP developers are always waiting for something. Sometimes we’re waiting for requests to remote services. Sometimes we’re waiting for databases to return rows from a complex query. Wouldn’t it be great if we could do other things during all that waiting? If you’ve written some JS, you’re probably familiar wit...
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