Wrapping $.get in another deferred

Question

I'm just trying to get my head around the details of deferred.
Why doesn't the following make the two calls syncronous?

Console output:
Running ajax get
Fading in
Fading in done
Finished running ajax get

Desired output:
Running ajax get
Finished running ajax get
Fading in
Fading in done

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '12 at 09:30

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It doesn't work because in this line:

.then(showDiv())

you're calling showDiv immediately, not passing it as a callback to .then(). It should read:

.then(showDiv)

answered Oct 02 '12 at 09:30

Alnitak

So the solution would be to remove the function call (`()`)? – Blender Oct 02 '12 at 09:32
@Blender yes, just remove the `()` – Alnitak Oct 02 '12 at 09:32

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