the-event-loop-recap Flashcards

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What is the JavaScript Event Loop?

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it executes the code, collects and processes events, and executes queued sub-tasks
something is done, it pushes it back to the stack so V8 engine can execute the code.

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

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Blocking refers to operations that block further execution until that operation finishes while non-blocking refers to code that doesn’t block execution.
Blocking as long as they are on the stack

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