There is really just two things to know to understand javascript async/await :

• an async function return a promise
• await always wait for a promise to be resolved and gives you the value it resolved with (so it raises an error if the promise was rejected)

'use strict';

const myAsyncFunc = async function () {
  await Promise.resolve();
  console.log(`In myAsyncFunc`);
}

const failFunc = async function () {
  await Promise.reject();
  console.log(`In failFunc`);//wont be executed
}

myAsyncFunc()
.then(() => {
  console.log(`After myAsyncFunc`);
})
.then(failFunc)
.catch(err => {
  console.log(`Catch error in failFunc`);
})
}

Result :

In myAsyncFunc
After myAsyncFunc
Catch error in failFunc

Of course we can also resolve promises with try/catch ! 😉