From raw callbacks to promises to async/await, everything you need to master async JS code with ease!
Finally a reference course on async!
Tired of only finding hodge-podge resources on async programming in JavaScript? Look no further, here is the all-in-one course that covers both fundamentals of async programming and the latest upgrades with async/await.
Say goodbye to hackish code that works by accident and puzzling for hours before usual errors! Thanks to these 3 hours of videos split into digestible, bite-size single-topic segments of 1 to 10 minutes each, you can walk away with rock-solid knowledge and in-depth understanding!
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Say goodbye to hackish code that works by accident and puzzling for hours before usual errors! Thanks to these 3 hours of videos split into digestible, bite-size single-topic segments of 1 to 10 minutes each, you can walk away with rock-solid knowledge and in-depth understanding!
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Slides and code
We know that getting a solid grasp on underlying concepts and theory is just as important as knowing how to implement them, so the course goes back-and-forth between elements of lecture (a la Powerpoint) and concrete code examples that can run in either Node or browsers.
Not only that, but the contents of these slides strives to remain concise and offer a welcome complement to the more detailed explanations in the audio track, whilst allowing you to “follow” the course even if you’re watching it in a noisy environment.
All code samples are provided in addition to the videos. And you retain a free lifetime access to updates and upgrades we might put in later!
Not only that, but the contents of these slides strives to remain concise and offer a welcome complement to the more detailed explanations in the audio track, whilst allowing you to “follow” the course even if you’re watching it in a noisy environment.
All code samples are provided in addition to the videos. And you retain a free lifetime access to updates and upgrades we might put in later!
Tutorials only go so far
The web is chock-full of tutorials on anything and everything, and our main gripe with them is that they almost always only show the golden path, the perfect run-through, with no hiccups or pitfalls.
That's not the actual life of a developer.
Our video courses, just like our in-class trainings, strive to illustrate all potential pitfalls and common mistakes to better dig into their causes and go through optimal solutions. This is how we share the depth of expertise that only numerous years in the field can bring, so you can strengthen your own expertise faster!
That's not the actual life of a developer.
Our video courses, just like our in-class trainings, strive to illustrate all potential pitfalls and common mistakes to better dig into their causes and go through optimal solutions. This is how we share the depth of expertise that only numerous years in the field can bring, so you can strengthen your own expertise faster!
38 videos (approx. 3hr), and 40+ code examples. Not to mention free lifetime updates!
38 videos
Contents
Part 1: raw callbacks
Part 2: promises
Part 3: async/await
FAQs
🎓 Do I need to have prior experience of async programming?
I would say no prior experience is required, but prior JavaScript experience is required. And as it's a rare dev who does JS without doing async (listening to events, making an Ajax call…), in practice: potato, potato.
🦕 Is this course compatible with IE?
The world is not compatible with IE. 😜
In all seriousness though, IE will handle the first part natively (raw callbacks), but won’t natively support promises and a fortiori async/await. You’ll have to use a tool such as Babel which allows you to run the transpiled code from IE9 with no trouble, and in some cases even IE6!
In all seriousness though, IE will handle the first part natively (raw callbacks), but won’t natively support promises and a fortiori async/await. You’ll have to use a tool such as Babel which allows you to run the transpiled code from IE9 with no trouble, and in some cases even IE6!
🎁 Do you provide the code samples too?
Of course we do! Every section opening has a link to a Zip file with all the code samples for that section.
Some rare examples might not be runnable as-is (e.g. those assuming a database or something), but the vast majority can be run as-is in Node and/or a modern browser.
Some rare examples might not be runnable as-is (e.g. those assuming a database or something), but the vast majority can be run as-is in Node and/or a modern browser.
📥 Can I download the videos to watch them later?
Yes! Every section opening contains a link to a Zip file with all the MP4 video files for that section, that you can download to view or review when you’re offline. Note that a low bandwidth is enough to watch them online, though, and that gets you extras like transcripts and related contents.
🆓 Do you have free contents related to this course?
Yes! We’ve been talking about this subject matter for a while now, so you can find several articles, talks and videos about it:
- Modern Asynchronous JS (December 2015 at dotJS): slides and video
- Deep-dive dans async/await (May 2017 at Node.js Paris) : slides and video (in French).
- Modern Async JS (October 2016 at Paris-Web) (in French).
Do note that some of these are a bit old so their explanations might be less honed and comprehensive than this video course, but they still hold up well!
🎓 Do you do in-room trainings?
We sure do! We probably have the world’s most comprehensive JS training: 360° ES. 3 days to cover 100% of the language, including all the latest bells and whistles and all the nitty-gritty, for people who already use JS daily.
We also have Modern Web Apps about client-side rich web apps and PWAs, Node.js for the back-end API part (REST and GraphQL both) and Webpack for bundling, all of which are acclaimed by our trainees!
We also have Modern Web Apps about client-side rich web apps and PWAs, Node.js for the back-end API part (REST and GraphQL both) and Webpack for bundling, all of which are acclaimed by our trainees!
🔬 What about observables / RxJS?
It really is a related topic… Observables are in the “async + plural“ group of processing primitives, and they work in “push“ mode where async iterators (which we do cover) work in “pull“ mode.
We didn't cover these here because, first, they’re less universally useful than the rest of the course; second, they’re not (yet) native to the language; and third, they’re such a large topic that they clearly deserve their own course. By trying to fit that in just about one hour, we’d barely scratch the surface and disappoint their fans. Maybe one day!
We didn't cover these here because, first, they’re less universally useful than the rest of the course; second, they’re not (yet) native to the language; and third, they’re such a large topic that they clearly deserve their own course. By trying to fit that in just about one hour, we’d barely scratch the surface and disappoint their fans. Maybe one day!
⏲️ Do you cover platform-provided async primitives?
A few slides and examples touch on process.nextTick, setTimeout or requestAnimationFrame, to name only these, but these are Web APIs or APIs part of the Node.js core, that are outside the scope of this course, in the same way that a detailed description of Node.js’ event loop or browser distinctions between tasks and microtasks is. We don’t cover these in depth.
But if you’re into this…
But if you’re into this…
- Bert Belder, the implementer of Node’s event loop, described it in great detail and accuracy in this talk at Node.js Interactive Amsterdam.
- Jake Archibald gave a fabulous talk on the browser side of this at JSConf.Asia.
🙃 Wouldn’t it just be easier to stick to synchronous code?
If you like to freeze the engine and waste like 99% of your CPU capacity then yes, that would indeed be the logical route. You troll, you. 😉
A course by Christophe
Christophe Porteneuve has been doing JavaScript since… JavaScript. And professionally since 1996. A former core team member on Prototype.js, co-author of a TC39 spec and world-renowned JS expert, he's got 15,000+ hours as a trainer and dozens of conference talks behind him. In this course, he makes sure to share his technical expertise with humor and clarity.