Asynchronous JavaScript — Roadmap Step & Resources
Callbacks, Promises, async/await and the event loop
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 2 days
- Roadmap: Vue.js Stack
Before this step
Interview questions
- How does the JavaScript event loop work?
- Promise vs async/await — what changed?
Study resources
- Async/Await (Article) — javascript.info's highly-regarded explanation of promises and async/await, building from first principles.
- JavaScript Promises In 10 Minutes (Video) — Web Dev Simplified's fast, clear breakdown of how Promises work under the hood.
- How to use promises (Article) — MDN's deep-dive guide to promise chaining, error propagation, and modern async/await patterns.
- JavaScript Event Loop Explained (Video) — Philip Roberts' legendary JSConf presentation on how the call stack, web APIs, and task queue interoperate.
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