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Hasty Treat - Async + Await Error Handling Strategies
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In this Hasty Treat, Scott and Wes discuss different error handling strategies.
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Show Notes 2:07 - Try / Catch
This can be done at call time or inside the function
4:10 - Higher Order Function
Makes a function that returns a new function which in turn calls your original function (but with a .catch chained on)
7:46 - Handle the error when you call it
Use async/await but chain a .catch onto the end
9:03 - Node.js Unhandled Rejection Event
process.on('unhandledRejectionEvent', callback)
9:40 - What do do with those errors
Send to error tracking service
Possible to give the user a reference number
Display good error text to user
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