JavaScript: Error Handling with try…catch…finally

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About Course

Handle errors in JavaScript without crashing your app or hiding problems. Learn try, catch and finally, the built-in error types, throwing your own errors with a cause, catching only what you expect, and handling errors in async code with await, including the important fact that fetch does not reject on HTTP error statuses.

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© 2026 Tutwoo UK Limited. This course was created in-house by Tutwoo and is our original work. It is for your own learning only: please do not copy, share, record or resell it.

What Will You Learn?

  • Use try, catch and finally correctly, including optional catch binding
  • Recognise built-in error types and throw meaningful errors with a cause
  • Catch specific errors and rethrow the rest
  • Handle errors in async functions and fetch requests safely

Course Content

Course Lessons

  • try, catch and finally
  • Error objects and throwing your own
  • Catching only what you expect
  • Errors in asynchronous code

Sources & Further Reading
The official guidance this course is based on.

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