async/await explained as simply as I humanly possibly can

Put async in front of a function.

eg. async function test() {} or const test = async () => {}

Now you can use await inside that function to pause and wait for values that take their time getting back to us.

Here's an async function:

// Define our async function and let it use await
async function test() {
  const response = await fetch("https://api.github.com/"); // Wait for the Promise
  const json = await response.json(); // Wait to resolve the Promise
  console.log(json); // Log the response
}

test(); // Run the function

Okay that's it! Get it now?

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