Node-fibers allows a similar thing with a pretty raw syntax. At least one clever programmer has painted over it and introduced await/defer in Node without any J

Node-fibers allows a similar thing with a pretty raw syntax. At least one clever programmer has painted over it and introduced await/defer in Node without any JS pre-processing [1]. If you enjoy CoffeeScript, Iced CoffeeScript does a great job of this too. [1] http://alexeypetrushin.github.io/synchronize/docs/index.html http://alexeypetrushin.github.io/synchronize/docs/index.html