I don't feel like I can offer an explanation that is truly eli5. In a nutshell, async/await allows you to write asynchronous code in a way that looks a lot like imperative, synchronous code.
I wrote an article explaining first the reason for async/await, and how it fits in with callbacks and promises, as well as an article showing in detail what happens when you await a promise:
I don't feel like I can offer an explanation that is truly eli5. In a nutshell, async/await allows you to write asynchronous code in a way that looks a lot like imperative, synchronous code.
I wrote an article explaining first the reason for async/await, and how it fits in with callbacks and promises, as well as an article showing in detail what happens when you
awaita promise:How to Serialize Concurrent Operations in JavaScript: Callbacks, Promises, and Async/Await
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Careful Examination of JavaScript Await
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