node-later

Defer function calls to the start of the next cycle.

• Overview
• Usage
• Installation
• API Documentation
• Contributing
• Release History
• License

Overview

Invoke functions in the next cycle.
You have multiple node.js APIs to run a function later, for example process.nextTick, setImmediate and setTimeout.
Each of those will invoke the provided function at a different time.
This library enables to extract the "best" API which enables to run a provided function as soon as possible based on the currently node.js runtime version.

Usage

//first you must require this library as follows:
var later = require('node-later');
 
//get a defer function based on current node.js version
var defer = later();
 
//or get a defer function based on a specific node.js version
defer = later('0.10.0'); //let be compatible with node.js 0.10 regardless of our current node.js runtime
 
//or get a defer function which is IO safe (will prevent stack overflow errors)
defer = later(true);
 
//use defer function
defer(onCallback() {
  //do something
});

Installation

In order to use this library, just run the following npm install command:

npm install --save node-later

API Documentation

See full docs at: API Docs

Contributing

See contributing guide

Release History

Date	Version	Description
2020-05-11	v2.0.0	Migrate to github actions and upgrade minimal node version
2019-12-16	v1.0.16	Maintenance
2017-04-28	v1.0.0	Offical release
2017-04-28	v0.0.1	Initial release

License

Developed by Sagie Gur-Ari and licensed under the Apache 2 open source license.