docs(README): add examples

README.md

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ redis.sadd('set', [1, 3, 5, 7]);
 redis.set('key', 100, 'EX', 10);
 ```
 
+See the `examples/` folder for more examples.
+
 ## Connect to Redis
 When a new `Redis` instance is created,
 a connection to Redis will be created at the same time.

examples/basic_operations.js

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var Redis = require('ioredis');
+var redis = new Redis();
+
+// ioredis supports all Redis commands:
+redis.set('foo', 'bar');
+redis.get('foo', function (err, result) {
+  if (err) {
+    console.error(err);
+  } else {
+    console.log(result);
+  }
+});
+
+// Or using a promise if the last argument isn't a function
+redis.get('foo').then(function (result) {
+  console.log(result);
+});
+
+// Arguments to commands are flattened, so the following are the same:
+redis.sadd('set', 1, 3, 5, 7);
+redis.sadd('set', [1, 3, 5, 7]);
+
+// All arguments are passed directly to the redis server:
+redis.set('key', 100, 'EX', 10);