jquery deferred
function timeout(milliseconds) {
// Create a new Deferred object
var deferred = $.Deferred();
// Resolve the Deferred after the amount of time specified by milliseconds
setTimeout(deferred.resolve, milliseconds);
// Return the Deferred's Promise object
return deferred.promise();
}
timeout(1000).then(function() {
console.log('I waited for 1 second!');
});