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Today, let's talk about a super useful but often overlooked method in JavaScript called Promise.any(). If you've worked with promises before, you might know Promise.all() or Promise.race(), but have you come across Promise.any()? Let me explain it in an easy way!
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What is Promise.any()?**
Imagine you have several tasks to do, and you're waiting for at least one to finish. With Promise.any(), it will give you the result of the first task that finishes successfully, and it doesn't care about the ones that fail. But if all the tasks fail, it will tell you why they all went wrong.
Here’s a simple explanation of why to use Promise.any():
Sometimes, you're trying different ways to get something done, like loading data from several places, and you only care about the first successful result. With Promise.any(), you don’t have to wait for everything to finish—you can just go with the one that works first. It's especially helpful when you don’t care about the tasks that fail, as long as one works.
When to Use Promise.any()
Fastest successful result: If you're getting data from different places, Promise.any() lets you use the result from the one that finishes successfully first.
Better user experience: If you're trying multiple options to load data and don't mind using whichever one works first, Promise.any() helps make things work quickly and smoothly for users.
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