Javascript: wrapping sync calls in a promise to they can be chained with async calls

Another StackOverflow answer that was recieved well by the person who asked the question was my answer on this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/28418601/generating-ajax-request-dynamically-based-on-scenario/28465401#28465401.

Here's the question:


So he's basically doing a bunch of async calls mixed with synchronous operations / mappings. In order to get a nice clean call chain - I wrapped all the synchronous things in a promise wrapper, so that all promises could be nicely chained:

Here's the direct link to the fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/3Lddzp9j/6/