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The async/await introduced by ES7 is a fantastic improvement in asynchronous programming with JavaScript. It provided an option of using synchronous style code to access resoruces asynchronously, without blocking the main thread. However it is a bit tricky to use it well. In this article we will explore async/await from different perspectives, and will show how to use them correctly and effectively.

The most important benefit async/await brought to us is the synchronous programming style. Let’s see an example.