The Miracle of Generators • Bodil Stokke • YOW! 2015

JavaScript ES6 generators provide an elegant way to work with iterators and asynchronous operations

Generators can be used to create lazy sequences and infinite iterables while maintaining clean, readable code

Promises in ES6 standardize asynchronous operations, offering a cleaner alternative to callback hell

The combination of generators and promises enables writing asynchronous code that looks synchronous

The yield keyword allows generators to pause execution and resume later, making them ideal for handling async operations

ES6 introduces the Symbol.iterator method, allowing objects to define custom iteration behavior

The for...of loop provides a standard way to iterate over any object that implements the iterator protocol

Generators can be used to implement monadic patterns similar to those found in functional programming languages like Haskell

The fetch API combined with generators offers a clean approach to making HTTP requests and handling responses

Generator-based code can be more composable and maintainable than traditional callback or promise-based approaches

Custom iterator implementations can be used to create powerful abstractions like lazy evaluation and infinite sequences