---
title: "Callback vs. Promises vs. Async/Await"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/callback-vs-promises-vs-async-await-aytm874ej
source_url: https://compile7.org/decompile/callback-vs-promises-vs-async-await/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2023-05-08T04:36:31.659Z
updated: 2024-04-13T19:24:53.952Z
tags: ["javascript"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 41
comments: 3
language: en
---

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# Callback vs. Promises vs. Async/Await

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 6 min read · 41 upvotes · 3 comments

## Summary

This post explains the fundamental concepts of synchronous and asynchronous architecture in JavaScript, and also covers the usage of callbacks, promises, and async/await for handling asynchronous operations.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://compile7.org/decompile/callback-vs-promises-vs-async-await/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@gateremark** · 1 upvotes

> Wow, thank you so much for sharing this. Super informative

**@ejcenteno** · 0 upvotes

> This topic always confuses me when I started as a junior dev. Thanks for the clear explanation!

**@t0ny** · 0 upvotes

> Nice article, but I really wish people who wrote these articles about async/await would not confuse new developers by explaining threads to them. It isn't helpful , and just needs to be unlearned.

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