the event loop

Question 1

What is the JavaScript Event Loop?

Answer 1

Ordering that JavaScript executes functions that makes up for JavaScript’s single threaded process. It does so in a queue

Question 2

What is different between “blocking” and “non-blocking” with respect to how code is executed?

Answer 2

Blocking would require other functions to wait before they can be executed. Non-blocking does not hold up the line and returns an error if the operation cannot be done immediately.