Understanding the Node.js Event Loop

Written by thawkin3 | Published 2021/05/28
Tech Story Tags: javascript | nodejs | programming | event-loop | heroku | node | deep-dive | software-engineering

TLDRJavaScript is single-threaded, so how does it handle asynchronous code without blocking the main thread while it waits for an action to complete?via the TL;DR App
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Written by thawkin3 | Senior software engineer. Continuous learner. Educator.
Published by HackerNoon on 2021/05/28
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