fixed async issues, added string formatter proto

main.js

@@ -308,3 +308,19 @@ function bytesToSize(bytes) {
 Number.prototype.clamp = function(min, max) {
     return Math.min(Math.max(this, min), max);
 };
+
+/**
+ * String formatting now supports currying (partial application).
+ * For a format string with N replacement indices, you can call .format
+ * with M <= N arguments. The result is going to be a format string
+ * with N-M replacement indices, properly counting from 0 .. N-M.
+ * The following Example should explane the usage of partial aplied format:
+ *  "{0}:{1}:{2}".format("a","b","c") === "{0}:{1}:{2}".format("a","b").format("c")
+ *  "{0}:{1}:{2}".format("a").format("b").format("c") === "{0}:{1}:{2}".format("a").format("b", "c")
+ **/
+String.prototype.format = function () {
+    var args = arguments;
+    return this.replace(/\{(\d+)\}/g, function (t, i) {
+        return args[i] !== void 0 ? args[i] : "{"+(i-args.length)+"}";
+    });
+};

tabs/firmware_flasher.js

@@ -29,20 +29,21 @@ TABS.firmware_flasher.initialize = function (callback) {
             worker.postMessage(str);
         }
 
-        // Fetch Releases
-
-        var processAssets = function(assets, release, releaseIndex) {
-        
-            console.log('in callback');
-            console.log(release); // FIXME this is broken, release is undefined
+        var processReleases = function (releases){
+            var releases_e = $('select[name="release"]').empty();
 
+            for(var releaseIndex = 0; releaseIndex < releases.length; releaseIndex++){
+                $.get(releases[releaseIndex].assets_url).done(
+                    (function (releases, releaseIndex, releases_e, assets){
+                        var release = releases[releaseIndex];
                         for (var assetIndex = 0; assetIndex < assets.length; assetIndex++) {
-                var asset = assets[assetIndex];
 
+                            var asset = assets[assetIndex];
                             var targetFromFilenameExpression = /.*_(.*)\.(.*)/;
                             var match = targetFromFilenameExpression.exec(asset.name);
                             var target = match[1];
                             var format = match[2];
+
                             if (format != 'hex') {
                                 continue;
                             }
@@ -55,27 +56,26 @@ TABS.firmware_flasher.initialize = function (callback) {
                                 "message" : release.body
                             };
 
-                var element = $('<option value="' + releaseIndex + '_' + assetIndex + '">' + summary.name + ' ' + summary.target + ' ' + summary.date + '</option>').data('obj', summary);
-                releases_e.append(element);
-            }
-        };
-        
-        var processReleases = function(releases) {
-            var releases_e = $('select[name="release"]').empty();
-
-            for (var releaseIndex = 0; releaseIndex < releases.length; releaseIndex++) {            
-                console.log('processing assets release ' + releaseIndex);
-                console.log(releases[releaseIndex]);
+                            var date = new Date(summary.date);
+                            var formattedDate = "{0}-{1}-{2} {3}:{4}".format(date.getFullYear(),date.getMonth(),date.getDay(),
+                                date.getHours(),date.getMinutes());
 
-                $.get(releases[releaseIndex].assets_url).done(function (assets) {
-                    processAssets(assets, releases[releaseIndex], releaseIndex);
-                });
+                            releases_e.append(
+                                $("<option value='{0}_{1}'>{2} {3} {4}</option>".
+                                    format(releaseIndex,assetIndex,summary.name,summary.target,formattedDate) )
+                                    .data('obj', summary));
+                        }
+                    }).bind(this, releases, releaseIndex, releases_e)
+                );
             }
         };
 
         $.get('https://api.github.com/repos/cleanflight/cleanflight/releases', function (releases){
             processReleases(releases);
-        }).fail(function () {
+        }).fail(function (data){
+            if (data["responseJSON"]){
+                GUI.log("<b>GITHUB Query Failed: <code>{0}</code></b>".format(data["responseJSON"].message));
+            }
             $('select[name="release"]').empty().append('<option value="0">Offline</option>');
         });