How can I have a function wait until after a model update to run?

Question

I was having issues with getting a function to run after a model updateData function was called. See below for a the answer.

Shmuel_Kamensky · Answer

Thanks to Matt and Pat for your posts on this!http://community.skuid.com/skuid/top…The main line of code from the below sample that provides the solution is
$.when(initialUpdateOrOtherDeferredFunction()).done([printSuccess,doStuffAfterUpdateAttempt]).fail([printFailure,doStuffAfterUpdateAttempt]);See below for the rest of the solution
$ = skuid.$;
try{

//both done and fail function take a function or array of functions as parameters. I chose an array for both to print sucess state.
//https://api.jquery.com/jQuery.when/
//https://api.jquery.com/deferred.done/
//https://api.jquery.com/deferred.fail/
//"Since deferred.done() returns the deferred object, other methods of the deferred object can be chained to this one"
//this is why .fail can be appended to .done
$.when(initialUpdateOrOtherDeferredFunction()).done([printSuccess,doStuffAfterUpdateAttempt]).fail([printFailure,doStuffAfterUpdateAttempt]);

}
catch(e){

console.log(e);
}

function initialUpdateOrOtherDeferredFunction(){
var mod = skuid.model.getModel('modelName');
//do pre-processing stuff to your model here
//return the deferred promise
return mod.updateData();

}

function printFailure(){

console.log('Failure');

}
function printSuccess(){

console.log('Success');

}
function doStuffAfterUpdateAttempt(){
//do stuff
//do stuff
//repeat stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt9c0UeYhFc
}

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