Reduce boiler-plate in Q then calls by creating functions to invoke methods on objects.
e.g.
getNames().then(function (names) {
return names.join(', ');
});
with q-link can be rewritten as:
join = qLink('join');
getNames().then(join(', '));
The join function returns a function which takes arguments which in turn returns a function which takes an object and applies the join method with the provided arguments.
This is useful with Q as the then and fail methods take functions which operate on the result of the promise
npm install q-link --save
Q-link is a single function which takes names of methods and returns functions to apply those methods:
filter = qLink('filter');
The q-linking of multiple methods is more useful in CoffeeScript or ECMAScript 6 where it can be used with destructuring assignment:
[filter, map, join] = qLink 'filter', 'map', 'join'
While this module was created to reduce boiler-plate while working with Q, there is nothing Q-specific about it and it may be used anywhere where a function is used to invoke a method on a passed object - for example operating on elements in an array or providing a callback (when the callback takes a single success argument).
split = qLink('split');
fullNames.map(split(' '));