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PSA: My first time using async/await in JavaScript broke everything in weird ways
Tried to refactor a basic form validation script with async/await last night and suddenly my page just showed 'undefined' for all the error messages. Turns out I forgot to use 'await' inside the main function call for like 3 hours. Learned that checking your console errors line by line in Chrome DevTools saves way more time than guessing what went wrong. Has anyone else had a simple async fix turn into a total mess?
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the_robin10d agoTop Commenter
Used to think promises were overcomplicating things but this post totally changed my mind.
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jakel3610d ago
The classic forgot-to-await situation got me on my first async form too, took me a solid 2 hours of console.logging everything before I spotted it. Always stick a .catch on those async calls or wrap them in try/catch so you get real error messages instead of 'undefined'.
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