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.
Async JavaScript
Async JavaScript
This course is part of Frontend Development Specialization
Instructor: Per Harald Borgen
Sponsored by FutureX
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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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Taught in English
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There is 1 module in this course
In this module, you will learn how to run asynchronous operations in JavaScript.
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