| // Lists of countries with ISO 3166 codes, presented in various formats. | |
| // Last Updated: July 30, 2020 | |
| // If you're using PHP, I suggest checking out: | |
| // https://github.com/thephpleague/iso3166 | |
| // or Laravel: https://github.com/squirephp/squire | |
| // | |
| // JS developers can check out: | |
| // https://www.npmjs.com/package/iso3166-2-db | |
| // |
| { | |
| "countries": [ | |
| { | |
| "country": "Afghanistan", | |
| "states": ["Badakhshan", "Badghis", "Baghlan", "Balkh", "Bamian", "Daykondi", "Farah", "Faryab", "Ghazni", "Ghowr", "Helmand", "Herat", "Jowzjan", "Kabul", "Kandahar", "Kapisa", "Khost", "Konar", "Kondoz", "Laghman", "Lowgar", "Nangarhar", "Nimruz", "Nurestan", "Oruzgan", "Paktia", "Paktika", "Panjshir", "Parvan", "Samangan", "Sar-e Pol", "Takhar", "Vardak", "Zabol"] | |
| }, | |
| { | |
| "country": "Albania", | |
| "states": ["Berat", "Dibres", "Durres", "Elbasan", "Fier", "Gjirokastre", "Korce", "Kukes", "Lezhe", "Shkoder", "Tirane", "Vlore"] | |
| }, |
This article has been given a more permanent home on my blog. Also, since it was first written, the development of the Promises/A+ specification has made the original emphasis on Promises/A seem somewhat outdated.
Promises are a software abstraction that makes working with asynchronous operations much more pleasant. In the most basic definition, your code will move from continuation-passing style:
getTweetsFor("domenic", function (err, results) {
// the rest of your code goes here.