---
title: "JavaScript — Errors and Exception Handling"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/javascript-errors-and-exception-handling-qdmkvfxr1
source_url: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/javascript-errors-exceptions-handling-43ae983cbbb3
type: article
source: "JavaScript in Plain English"
published: 2021-05-18T06:43:19.917Z
updated: 2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z
tags: ["general-programming", "javascript"]
reading_time: 6
upvotes: 35
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# JavaScript — Errors and Exception Handling

**[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 6 min read · 35 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

When an error occurs, the JavaScript code stops running and shows an error message. Try… catch is a block of code and it will be the solution. The err from catch(err) defines an error object and provides details of how to handle this error. When using the throw statement, we can control the flow and customize our own error.

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> Absolute gold for beginners in js world

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