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JavaScript Asynchronous Programming with JavaScript Understanding Promises Create a Promise

Austin Schneider
Austin Schneider
4,919 Points
Posted by Austin Schneider
Austin Schneider
4,919 Points

Terminal says pending, but after changes won't resolve and show message.

Finally got the terminal to say pending, but after adding resolve and breakfastPromise.then() it won't resolve and print the message. Help!

const breakfastPromise = new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout (() => {
        resolve('Your order is ready. Come and get it!');
    }, 3000);
});

console.log(breakfastPromise);
breakfastPromise.then( val => console.log(val) );

Let me know if you see anything wrong! I've been stuck on this for days. Took me several just to get vs code to run node on promises-breakfast!

2 Answers

Blake Larson
Blake Larson
13,014 Points
Blake Larson
Blake Larson
13,014 Points

I ran it in node and it resolved like it should.

const breakfastPromise = new Promise( (resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout (() => {
        resolve('Your order is ready. Come and get it!');
    }, 3000);
});

console.log(breakfastPromise);
breakfastPromise.then( val => {
    console.log(val) 
    console.log(breakfastPromise);
});

/////// OUTPUT
$ node app.js  // I just ran it in a quick app.js file
Promise { <pending> }
Your order is ready. Come and get it!
Promise { 'Your order is ready. Come and get it!' }
Thomas Davidson
Thomas Davidson
7,243 Points
Thomas Davidson
Thomas Davidson
7,243 Points

I had a similar issue, try hitting ctrl+s before running in the console, that seemed to solve it for me