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Asynchronous JavaScript

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Handling asynchronous operations is critical in JavaScript. The Evolution 1. Callbacks (Callback Hell) 2. Promises 3. Async/Await Code Comparison Using Promises...

Handling asynchronous operations is critical in JavaScript.

The Evolution

  1. Callbacks (Callback Hell)
  2. Promises
  3. Async/Await

Code Comparison

Using Promises:
javascript
fetchData() .then(data => process(data)) .catch(err => console.error(err));
Using Async/Await:
javascript
async function getData() { try { const data = await fetchData(); return process(data); } catch (err) { console.error(err); } }

Promise State Machine