Promises

The video introduces promises in JavaScript, explaining their role in managing asynchronous code and how they improve upon the callback pattern. It covers the syntax of promises, their advantages, and the semantics of resolve and reject. The video also discusses promise states like pending, fulfilled, and rejected, and compares them to callbacks, highlighting clearer semantics and error handling. The tutorial concludes with a promise example and a preview of using promises with MongoDB.

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