1305261 - Async Functions/Await Documentation

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Developer Documentation Graveyard :: JavaScript, defect, P5)

Description

[Daniel Herr]

:: Developer Documentation Request

      Request Type: New Documentation
     Gecko Version: unspecified
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:: Details

Async Functions/Await is being implemented in all major browsers and has transpiler support, but does not have MDN docs.

Comment 1

[Tooru Fujisawa [:arai]]

will add reference pages in bug 1185106.

Comment 2

[Tooru Fujisawa [:arai]]

Added references:
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/async_function
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/async_function
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/AsyncFunction
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/AsyncFunction/prototype
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/await

now, guide will need some content for async:
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide

may be next to Promise
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Control_flow_and_error_handling#Promises
or perhaps separated page like Generator
  https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Iterators_and_Generators

Comment 3

[Florian Scholz (Open Web Docs)]

Thanks a lot, arai! Reviewed the reference docs.
I agree that the guide pages you mention in comment 2 make sense. We still need to update/create these pages.

There is also this hacks blog post as an additional resource: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2016/12/asyncawait-arrive-in-firefox/

Comment 4

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