How do you work with an array of jQuery Deferreds?

Question

I have an application that requires data be loaded in a certain order: the root URL, then the schemas, then finally initialize the application with the schemas and urls for

Answer 1

extends when with this code:

var rawWhen = $.when
$.when = function(promise) {
    if ($.isArray(promise)) {
        var dfd = new jQuery.Deferred()
        rawWhen.apply($, promise).done(function() {
            dfd.resolve(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments))
        }).fail(function() {
            dfd.reject(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments))
        })
        return dfd.promise()
    } else {
        return rawWhen.apply($, arguments)
    }
}