Async/await is syntax sugar for doing things asynchronously. Whenever you have an async call in your code, you have to consider how the state of the program can

Async/await is syntax sugar for doing things asynchronously. Whenever you have an async call in your code, you have to consider how the state of the program can change during the passed time. Also, there are many places where you need a result synchronously, like when you're in the event handler for a mouse click and need to determine whether the event should be canceled. If you had an asynchronous call, then the call will finish after the event has finished dispatching!