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Async/await 101

Async/await is a new way to write asynchronous code. Previous options for asynchronous code are callbacks and promises.
Async/await is actually built on top of promises. It cannot be used with plain callbacks or node callbacks.
Async/await is, like promises, non blocking.
Async/await makes asynchronous code look and behave a little more like synchronous code. This is where all its power lies.

Syntax

This is how you would implement it using promises

const makeRequest = () =>
  getJSON()
    .then(data => {
      console.log(data)
      return "done"
    })

makeRequest()

And this is how it looks with async/await

const makeRequest = async () => {
  console.log(await getJSON())
  return "done"
}

makeRequest()