This presentation guides you through the world of asynchronous programming in JavaScript, more specifically the async/await paradigm. First, we'll compare async/await to other similarly-purposed paradigms. We'll then cover current browser support and performance implications of async/await, as well as a recent optimization done in V8 and how this affects the everyday work of web developers. We’ll finish with advice on how every JavaScript developer can get involved with standardization efforts and as a result help to shape the future of the language.