// NB: This is made using angular's $q, but this applies to anything else
promiseChain = function(array, passedPromise) {
    let chain = $q((resolve, reject) => resolve());
    for (let elem of array)
      chain = chain.then(_ => passedPromise(elem));
    return chain;
};

// This returns a timeout wrapped in a promise
let testFn = function(s) {
  return $timeout(function() {
    console.log(s);
  }, 500);
};

let promise = makePromiseChain([1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], testFn);
promise.then(_ => console.log('finished'));

$q((resolve, reject) => resolve())