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Async JavaScript

Async JavaScript

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Intermediate level

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1 hour to complete
Flexible schedule
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What you'll learn

  • callback functions

  • async/await

  • promises in JavaScript

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This concise one-hour course dives into asynchronous JavaScript, a key concept for crafting efficient web applications. It covers the essentials of non-blocking execution with promises, async/await, and callbacks, demonstrating how these features enable tasks such as API calls to function without freezing the user interface.

Upon completing this course, learners will confidently use asynchronous JavaScript, equipping them with skills to tackle modern web development challenges. Ideal for those with basic JavaScript knowledge, this course is a fast track to gaining a solid understanding of asynchronous programming essentials.

In this module, you will learn how to run asynchronous operations in JavaScript.

What's included

1 assignment9 plugins

1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
  • Async JavaScript Graded Assignment•15 minutes
9 plugins•Total 66 minutes
  • Welcome to interactive lessons!•1 minute
  • Intro: Async JavaScript•1 minute
  • The Problem with Callbacks•6 minutes
  • Fix Callback Hell with Promises•13 minutes
  • Make Network Requests with fetch()•19 minutes
  • Challenge: Fetch API•3 minutes
  • Dead-Simple Promises with async-await•10 minutes
  • Catch Errors with async-await•10 minutes
  • Challenge: async-await•3 minutes

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Reviewed on Aug 19, 2025

very helpuf, before taking the course make sure u know the basics...

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Reviewed on Jun 9, 2025

thank you! The ability to pause the video and code in it is really helpful.

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