Modern JavaScript for the Impatient

Chapter 9. Asynchronous Programming

Topics in This Chapter

9.1      Concurrent Tasks in JavaScript

9.2      Making Promises

9.3      Immediately Settled Promises

9.4      Obtaining Promise Results

9.5      Promise Chaining

9.6      Rejection Handling

9.7      Executing Multiple Promises

9.8      Racing Multiple Promises

9.9      Async Functions

9.10      Async Return Values

9.11      Concurrent Await

9.12      Exceptions in Async Functions

Exercises

In this chapter, you will learn how to coordinate tasks that must be executed at some point in the future. We start with an in-depth look at the notion of promises. A promise is just what it sounds: ...