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Manu Kumar Pal
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Mastering Async/Await in JavaScript: A Beginner’s Guide 🚀

Hey devs! 👋

If you’re learning JavaScript, async/await is a game-changer for handling asynchronous code. It’s built on Promises and helps you write code that looks synchronous — making it cleaner and easier to read!

What’s Async/Await? 🤔

Async/await lets you pause execution until an async operation completes — no more callback hell or chaining .then() calls endlessly!

Why Use Async/Await?

Write cleaner, more readable async code
Simplify error handling with try/catch
Make asynchronous flow easier to follow, like synchronous code.

Quick Example 💻

async function fetchData() {
  try {
    const res = await fetch('https://api.example.com/data');
    const data = await res.json();
    console.log(data);
  } catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error);
  }
}

fetchData();
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*Pro Tips *⚠️

Use await only inside async functions
Always handle errors with try/catch
Run independent async tasks in parallel instead of awaiting them one by one
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