--- title: "What are promises? How to use promises in JavaScript?" url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-are-promises-how-to-use-promises-in-javascript--5howpsij7 source_url: https://blog.thecode.xyz/javascript-promises-explained type: article source: "Hashnode" published: 2022-05-24T15:12:31.759Z updated: 2022-05-24T15:12:31.759Z tags: ["general-programming", "javascript"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 21 comments: 1 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What are promises? How to use promises in JavaScript? **[Hashnode](https://daily.dev/sources/hashnode)** · 5 min read · 21 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A promise is an object that represents the result of an asynchronous operation. Promises are used to handle asynchronous operations in a more synchronous way. In this article, we'll take a look at what promises are, how they work, and how to use them in your own code. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@abhiramkrishna8** · 0 upvotes > Hariksrishnan please read !!! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-are-promises-how-to-use-promises-in-javascript--5howpsij7)