Promise.resolve().then vs setImmediate vs nextTick

Question

NodeJS 0.11 as well as io.js and the Node 0.12 branch all ship with native promises.

Native promises have a .then method which always executes on a future event loop

Answer 1

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Which should I use?

I don't think there is any reason to use Promise.resolve().then() unless you are interested in the promise for the result of your asynchronously executed function. Of course, if you are, then this would be far superior than dealing with callback hell or making a new Promise from setTimeout or nextTick.

There's also a second technical difference, more import than the timing: promises do swallow exceptions. Which you probably don't want. So, like @vkurchatkin mentioned, don't create promises only to throw them away. Not only because it's slower, but because it makes your code less readable and your app more error-prone.