jQuery: What is the difference between deferred.always() and deferred.then()?

Question

Seems to me that both does the same thing.

Docs:

• deferred.always()

• deferred.then()

Answer 1

It would seem that deferred.then() allows you to pass two separate callbacks for success and failure, whereas deferred.always() takes n number of callbacks which will all be called regardless of the outcome of the initial event.

I would say use deferred.always() in the cases where success/failure of the initial event are not important