Callbacks make my code look like a bowl of spaghetti, and even though Promises cleaned things up a bit, long `.then()` chains still feel messy. I’ve been eyeing async/await because it lets me write code that looks synchronous, but error handling still trips me up in spots. What’s your go-to for keeping things clean? Any other patterns I should consider? 🧵
Which is cleaner in JS: callbacks or Promises? 🤔
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In callback-based code organization, I feel like I'm stuck in "callback hell," while Promises offer a clearer path, though I do get tired of `.then()` chains. Then async/await came along, making it feel like writing normal synchronous code. When making API calls with axios in React projects, I first used Promises, but switching to async/await made debugging and error handling much more understandable. Calling a function inside `try/catch` and directly handling error messages felt much cleaner and more readable.
However, instead of long chains of operations, breaking them into smaller functions and naming them (like `fetchUserData()`, `processData()`) while using async/await seems like the cleanest approach to me. Moving from the chaos of callbacks to understanding Promise chains and then to async/await significantly improves code readability. In short, I prefer async/await, and the ecosystem support is also quite strong.