var p = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
 
 // Do an async task async task and then...

 if(/* good condition */) {
 resolve('Success!');
 }
 else {
 reject('Failure!');
 }
});

p.then(function() { 
 /* do something with the result */
}).catch(function() {
 /* error */
})

// From Jake Archibald's Promises and Back:
// http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/es6/promises/#toc-promisifying-xmlhttprequest

function get(url) {
 // Return a new promise.
 return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
  // Do the usual XHR stuff
  var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
  req.open('GET', url);

  req.onload = function() {
   // This is called even on 404 etc
   // so check the status
   if (req.status == 200) {
    // Resolve the promise with the response text
    resolve(req.response);
   }
   else {
    // Otherwise reject with the status text
    // which will hopefully be a meaningful error
    reject(Error(req.statusText));
   }
  };

  // Handle network errors
  req.onerror = function() {
   reject(Error("Network Error"));
  };

  // Make the request
  req.send();
 });
}

// Use it!
get('story.json').then(function(response) {
 console.log("Success!", response);
}, function(error) {
 console.error("Failed!", error);
});

var userCache = {};

function getUserDetail(username) {
 // In both cases, cached or not, a promise will be returned

 if (userCache[username]) {
  // Return a promise without the "new" keyword
  return Promise.resolve(userCache[username]);
 }

 // Use the fetch API to get the information
 // fetch returns a promise
 return fetch('users/' + username + '.json')
  .then(function(result) {
   userCache[username] = result;
   return result;
  })
  .catch(function() {
   throw new Error('Could not find user: ' + username);
  });
}

new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { resolve(10); }, 3000);
})
.then(function(result) {
 console.log(result);
});

// From the console:
// 10

new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { 
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { resolve(10); }, 3000);
})
.then(function(num) { console.log('first then: ', num); return num * 2; })
.then(function(num) { console.log('second then: ', num); return num * 2; })
.then(function(num) { console.log('last then: ', num);});

// From the console:
// first then: 10
// second then: 20
// last then: 40

new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { reject('Done!'); }, 3000);
})
.then(function(e) { console.log('done', e); })
.catch(function(e) { console.log('catch: ', e); });

// From the console:
// 'catch: Done!'

Promise.all([promise1, promise2]).then(function(results) {
 // Both promises resolved
})
.catch(function(error) {
 // One or more promises was rejected
});

var request1 = fetch('/users.json');
var request2 = fetch('/articles.json');

Promise.all([request1, request2]).then(function(results) {
 // Both promises done!
});

Promise.all([fetch('/users.json'), navigator.getBattery()]).then(function(results) {
 // Both promises done!
});

var req1 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { 
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { resolve('First!'); }, 4000);
});
var req2 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { 
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { reject('Second!'); }, 3000);
});
Promise.all([req1, req2]).then(function(results) {
 console.log('Then: ', one);
}).catch(function(err) {
 console.log('Catch: ', err);
});

// From the console:
// Catch: Second!

var req1 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { 
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { resolve('First!'); }, 8000);
});
var req2 = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) { 
 // A mock async action using setTimeout
 setTimeout(function() { resolve('Second!'); }, 3000);
});
Promise.race([req1, req2]).then(function(one) {
 console.log('Then: ', one);
}).catch(function(one, two) {
 console.log('Catch: ', one);
});

// From the console:
// Then: Second!