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How JavaScript Works: Master the Basics of JavaScript and Modern Web App Development
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How JavaScript Works: Master the Basics of JavaScript and Modern Web App Development

by Jonathon Simpson
December 2023
Beginner to intermediate
330 pages
5h 27m
English
Apress
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J. SimpsonHow JavaScript Works https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9738-4_10

10. Fetching Data, APIs, and Promises

Jonathon Simpson1  
(1)
Belfast, Antrim, UK
 

Throughout this book, we’ve made reference to APIs, but we haven’t gone into detail about how they work. To put it simply, an API is a way for us to request and receive information from a computation process happening outside of your current application. This includes other computers and servers. API, which stands for application programming interface, provide a standard mechanism for sending and receiving this interaction. If you want to create things like login pages, user accounts, or persistent user ...

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