How to Use Async Functions
This article by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer was exactly what I needed to wrap my head around how to use async functions without confusion.
Because I was just using them intuitively so far and because of their
synchronous style I got confused about when to try-catch. I also attempted to
call an async function without await in front of it while using await in its
body, fully expecting it will be executed synchronously.
It’s important to remember that the foundation of async functions is Promises.
The most interesting parts of Axel’s article to me, were these: