Fun with MBStock Queue

https://raw.github.com/mbostock/queue/master/queue.js

by deanpeters

HTML

<script src="https://raw.github.com/mbostock/queue/master/queue.js"></script>
<h3>Fun with MBStock Queue for JavaScript</h3>
<h4>seems overbuilt to me ... could use a timer</h4>
<ul>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/mbostock/queue">https://github.com/mbostock/queue</a></li>
    <li><a href="https://raw.github.com/mbostock/queue/master/queue.js">https://raw.github.com/mbostock/queue/master/queue.js<a/></li>
        </ul>
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JavaScript

/*
    queue.defer(method[, arguments…])
    
    Adds the specified method to the queue, with any optional arguments. The method is called with the optional arguments and a final callback argument, which should be called when the task has finished.
*/

var test1 = function(ct, msg) {
    var to = (ct % 2 ? 5000 : 1);
    setTimeout(console.log('test'   + ct, msg, to), to);
}

var elem = document.getElementById('loremIpsum');
var sbuf = (elem.textContent || elem.innerText).split(" ");

/*    
queue()
    .defer(test1, 'foo')
    .defer(test1, 'bar')
    .await(function(error, results) { console.log(results); });
*/
var Q = queue();
var ii = 0;
// sbuf.forEach(function(t) { Q.defer( function() {console.log('test:' + ii++, t);}); });
sbuf.forEach(function(t) { Q.defer( test1, ii++, t ); });
Q.await(function(error, results) { console.log("all done!"); });