Mastering Async/Await with Try…Catch in JavaScript

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In the world of asynchronous JavaScript programming, the combination of async/await and try...catch blocks is a powerful duo that can help you write more robust and error-resilient code.

This article will guide you through the intricacies of using try...catch blocks within async/await functions, providing up-to-date code examples and best practices.

Understanding Async/Await

Before diving into try...catch blocks, let's quickly recap the concept of async/await. The async keyword is used to define an asynchronous function, which can pause its execution to wait for a Promise to resolve or reject. The await keyword is then used within the async function to pause the execution until the Promise is resolved or rejected.

async function fetchData() {
  const response = await fetch('https://api.example.com/data');
  const data = await response.json();
  return data;
}

In the example above, the fetchData function is marked as async, allowing the use of await to pause the execution until the fetch Promise resolves and the response data is parsed as JSON.

Handling Errors with Try…Catch