Promises are very simple once you get your head around them, but there are a few gotchas that can leave you with your head scratching. Here are a few that got me. Nested Promises You get a whole bundle of promises nested in eachother: loadSomething().then(function(something) { loadAnotherthing().then(function(another) { DoSomethingOnThem(something, another); }); }); The reason you’ve done this is