var async = require('async');

//tasks传的是一个数组函数
async.series([
  function(callback) {
  // do some stuff ...
  callback(null, 'one');
},
 function(callback) {
 // do some more stuff ...
 callback(null, 'two');
}],
// optional callback
//我觉得这里很重要err是上面两个函数的错误信息，而results这个参数是一个数组对象，它们的值是上面数组函数每个callback里面的参数。
function(err, results) {
// results is now equal to ['one', 'two']
});
// an example using an object instead of an          
//下面的代码其实跟上面的差不多，只是stasks传的是对象而不是数组
async.series({
one: function(callback) {
  setTimeout(function() {
    callback(null, 1);
  },
  200);
},
two: function(callback) {
  setTimeout(function() {
    callback(null, 2);
  },
  100);
 }
},
function(err, results) {
// results is now equal to: {one: 1, two: 2}
});

 async.parallel(
[
 function(callback) {
  setTimeout(function() {
     callback(null, 'one');
    },
  200);
 },
 function(callback) {
  setTimeout(function() {
    callback(null, 'two');
  },
  100);
 }
],
 // optional callback
 function(err, results) {
  // the results array will equal ['one','two'] even thoug
  // the second function had a shorter       
  timeout
 }
); 

var count = 0;
 async.whilst(
 function () { return count < 5; },
 //验证成  功继续，失败进回调
 function (callback) {
   count++;
   setTimeout(callback, 1000);
 },
 function (err) {
   // 5 seconds have passed
 }
);

async.waterfall([
 function(callback){
   callback(null, 'one', 'two');
 },
 function(arg1, arg2, callback){
  // arg1 now equals 'one' and arg2 nowequals 'two'
   callback(null, 'three');
 },
 function(arg1, callback){
   // arg1 now equals 'three'
   callback(null, 'done');
 }
 ], function (err, result) {
  // result now equals 'done'  
});

 function add1(n, callback) {
 setTimeout(function () {
   callback(null, n + 1);
 }, 10);
 }
 function mul3(n, callback) {
 setTimeout(function () {
   callback(null, n * 3);
 }, 10);
}
var add1mul3 = async.compose(mul3, add1);
 add1mul3(4, function (err, result) {
// result now equals 15
});