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 # assignment_async_nodejs
 Async Node.js sprint
+
+by Dennis C
diff --git a/data/lorem.txt b/data/lorem.txt
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+Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod
+tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam,
+quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo
+consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse
+cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non
+proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.
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diff --git a/data/test.txt b/data/test.txt
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+Hello!
+Hello again!
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+//
+//Assignment source: http://www.vikingcodeschool.com/dashboard#/professional-development-with-javascript/building-with-async-node-js
+//
+
+const fsp = require('./lib/fsp.js');
+
+//use node's Emitter
+//const Emitter = require('events');
+
+//use my Emitter
+const Emitter = require('./lib/myEvents.js');
+//Emitter is now the function constructor
+
+// now make emitter from the function constructor (Emitter)
+const emitter = new Emitter();
+// emitter is now a fully constructed object
+//in other words, these are now ready to use: 
+//  ... emitter.on()
+//  ... emitter.emit()
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//1.	Create a promise that resolves the message "Hello Promise!" after 1 second
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var p = new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+	//var delayOk = setTimeout(function() {console.log('delay ...')}, 1000);
+
+	if (true) {
+		//resolve('Hello Promise!');
+		setTimeout(function() {resolve('Hello Promise!')}, 1000);
+	} else {
+		reject('REJECT');
+	}
+});
+
+p.then(function(fromResolve) {
+	console.log(fromResolve);
+}).catch(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log(fromReject);
+});
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//2.	Create a function with the following signature delay(milliseconds)
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var delay = function(ms) {
+	return new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+		setTimeout(function() {resolve(ms)}, ms);
+	});
+};
+
+var countDown = function(ms) {
+	if (ms > 0) {
+		console.log(ms);
+		return delay(ms - 100);
+	}
+	console.log('Done!');
+};
+
+delay(1000)
+  .then(countDown) //=> 1000
+  .then(countDown) //=> 900
+  .then(countDown) //=> 800
+  .then(countDown) //=> 700
+  .then(countDown) //=> 600
+  .then(countDown) //=> 500
+  .then(countDown) //=> 400
+  .then(countDown) //=> 300
+  .then(countDown) //=> 200
+  .then(countDown) //=> 100
+  .then(countDown); //=> Done!
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+//3. Create a function that accepts a number and returns a promise that resolves that number squared
+//    * The promise should reject if it is not passed a number
+//    * Now map an array of integers 1 to 9 to an array of promises using the function above
+//    * Use Promise.all to get the result of all of the promises in the array
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var square = function(num) {
+	return new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+		if (isNumeric(num)) {
+			//resolve(Math.pow(num,2));
+			resolve(num * num);
+		} else {
+			reject(NaN);
+		};
+	});
+};
+
+function isNumeric(n) {
+	return !isNaN(parseFloat(n)) && isFinite(n);
+}
+
+/*
+//test square function
+square('12').then(function(fromResolve) {
+	console.log(fromResolve);
+}).catch(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log(fromReject);
+});
+*/
+
+var myArray = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9];
+
+var mySquares = myArray.map(function(el) {
+	return square(el);
+});
+
+//Promise.all
+Promise.all(mySquares).then(function(fromResolve){
+	console.log(fromResolve);
+}).catch(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log(fromReject);
+});
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// 4.	Create a function with this signature doBadThing(forRealz)
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+var doBadThing = function (forRealz) {
+	return new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+		if (isFalsy(forRealz)) {
+			resolve('Yay! (actually falsy)');
+		} else {
+			reject('Boo ... (actually truthy)');
+		};
+	});
+};
+
+function isFalsy(i) {
+	if ((i === false) || (i === null) || (i === undefined) || (i === NaN) || (i === 0) || (i === '')) {
+		return true;
+	} else {
+		return false;
+	};
+};
+
+doBadThing(false).then(function(fromResolve) {
+	console.log('1) doBadThing: ' + fromResolve);
+}).catch(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log('1) doBadThing: ' + fromReject);
+});
+
+doBadThing(true).then(function(fromResolve) {
+	console.log('2) doBadThing: ' + fromResolve);
+}).catch(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log('2) doBadThing: ' + fromReject);
+});
+
+doBadThing(true).then(function(fromResolve) {
+	console.log('3) doBadThing: ' + fromResolve);
+}).then(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log('3) doBadThing: ' + fromReject);
+});
+/*
+Result from (3) above is the following: 
+(node:15148) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: Unhandled promise rejection (reje
+ction id: 3): Boo ... (actually truthy)
+(node:15148) [DEP0018] DeprecationWarning: Unhandled promise rejections are depr
+ecated. In the future, promise rejections that are not handled will terminate th
+e Node.js process with a non-zero exit code.
+*/
+
+doBadThing(false).then(function(fromResolve) {
+	console.log('4) doBadThing: ' + fromResolve);
+	throw new Error("Thrown from .then and expect to be caught in .catch");
+}).catch(function(fromReject) {
+	console.log('4) doBadThing: ' + fromReject);
+});
+/*
+Result from (4) above is that it goes to both the .then clause, and the .catch clause
+*/
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// 5. File Operations and creating own module
+// 		* Create a fsp module that wraps these fs methods 
+//        and makes the following promise based versions possible ... 
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+fsp.readFile('./data/lorem.txt').then(function(data) {
+	// Outputs the file data
+	console.log(data);
+}).catch(function(err) {
+	console.log(err);
+});
+
+fsp.writeFile('./data/test.txt', 'Hello!\n').then(function(res) {
+    // Outputs the file data after writing
+    console.log(res);
+}).catch(function(err) {
+    console.error(err);
+});
+
+//fsp.appendFile('./data/test.txt', 'Hello again!\n');
+fsp.appendFile('./data/test.txt', 'Hello again!\n').then(function(res) {
+    // Outputs the file data after appending
+	console.log(res);
+}).catch(function(err) {
+	console.error(err);
+});
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// 6. Create an Event Emitter from Scratch
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+//register some listeners
+emitter.on('click', function() {
+	console.log('clicked - 1');
+});
+
+emitter.on('click', function() {
+	console.log('clicked - 2');
+});
+
+emitter.on('open', function() {
+	console.log('open - 1');
+});
+
+emitter.on('close', function() {
+	console.log('close - 1');
+});
+
+emitter.on('jump', function() {
+	console.log('jump - 1');
+});
+
+emitter.on('swim', function() {
+	console.log('swim - 1');
+});
+
+//emit!
+emitter.emit('click');
+
+//de-register listeners
+emitter.removeListener('click');
+
+//emit to check that listeners have been de-registered
+emitter.emit('click');
+
+//emit others
+emitter.emit('jump');
+emitter.emit('open');
+emitter.emit('close');
+emitter.emit('swim');
+
+//de-register ALL listeners
+//note: my removeAllListeners spec diff than node.js' emitter, and will produce errors when using node.js' version
+emitter.removeAllListeners();
+
+//emit to check that ALL listeners have been de-registered
+emitter.emit('click');
+emitter.emit('jump');
+emitter.emit('open');
+emitter.emit('close');
+emitter.emit('swim');
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+const fs = require('fs');
+
+/*
+//test code
+fsp.readFile('./test.txt', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+	console.log('done reading file');
+});
+
+fsp.writeFile('./writetome.txt', '>>WRITE STUFF<<\n', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+	console.log('done writing file');
+});
+
+fsp.appendFile('./writetome.txt', '>>APPEND STUFF<<', 'utf8', function(err, data) {
+	console.log('done appending stuff');
+});
+*/
+
+const fsp = {
+	readFile: 	function(path) {
+		return new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+			fs.readFile(path, 'utf8', function(err, data){
+				if (err) reject(err);
+				else resolve(data);
+			});
+		});
+	},	
+	writeFile: 	function(path, stuff) {
+		return new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+			//note: writeFile callback only returns err, no data like readFile
+			fs.writeFile(path, stuff, 'utf8', function(err) {
+				if (err) reject(err);
+				else resolve('>>Done with write<<');
+			});
+		});
+	},
+	appendFile: function(path, stuff) {
+		return new Promise(function(resolve,reject) {
+			//note: appendFile callback only returns err, no data like readFile
+			fs.appendFile(path, stuff, 'utf8', function(err) {
+				if (err) reject(err);
+				else resolve('>>Done with append<<');
+			});
+		});
+	}
+};
+
+module.exports = fsp;
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+'use strict';
+
+function Emitter() {
+	this.events = {};
+}
+
+//on method creates way to register event listeners
+//listener stores function code
+Emitter.prototype.on = function(type, listener) {
+	//listeners will be contained in an array data structure, that sits in the event object, simply as a property
+	this.events[type] = this.events[type] || [];
+	this.events[type].push(listener);
+}
+
+//emitter method to trigger event happened
+//listener stores function code
+Emitter.prototype.emit = function(type) {
+	if (this.events[type]) {
+		this.events[type].forEach(function(listener) {
+			listener();
+		});
+	}
+}
+
+Emitter.prototype.removeListener = function(type) {
+	if (this.events[type]) {
+		//clear the values of this type (event) only
+		delete this.events[type];
+	}
+}
+
+//note: my spec of removeAllListeners slightly different than node.js' version
+Emitter.prototype.removeAllListeners = function() {
+	var o = Object.keys(this.events); // stores all listener types in an array
+	var ol = o.length; // stores listener count
+	console.log('Before: Total num of listeners registered = ' + ol);
+	console.log('Before: Listeners registered are: ');
+	console.log(o); // print all listener types
+
+	// clear all values in all listeners
+	var oo = this.events;
+	o.forEach(function(element, index) {
+		delete oo[element];
+	});
+
+	o = Object.keys(this.events); // requery
+	ol = o.length; // requery
+	console.log('After: Total num of listeners registered = ' + ol);
+	console.log('After: Listeners registered are: ');
+	console.log(o); // print all listener types
+}
+
+module.exports = Emitter;
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+{
+  "name": "assignment_async_nodejs",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "Async Node.js sprint",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "directories": {
+    "lib": "lib"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "git+https://github.com/heyyodc-git/assignment_async_nodejs.git"
+  },
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "bugs": {
+    "url": "https://github.com/heyyodc-git/assignment_async_nodejs/issues"
+  },
+  "homepage": "https://github.com/heyyodc-git/assignment_async_nodejs#readme"
+}