๐Ÿ”ฐevent loop

JS โŸฉ async code โŸฉ event loop

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const { log } = console;

// ----------
//   case 1
// ----------

try {
    setTimeout(() => {
        throw new Error("Woosh");            // โญ async code
    }, 2000);
} catch (_) {
    log("Caught!");                          // this will not runโ—
}

// ----------
//   case 2
// ----------

Promise.resolve("Done").then(console.log);    // โญ async code
console.log("Me first!");

// ----------
//   case 3
// ----------

let start = Date.now();
const elapsed = () => Date.now() - start;

// 1. send a minitask to event loop (plan to run in 20 ms)
setTimeout(() => {
    log("Timeout ran at:", elapsed());        // โญ async code
}, 20);

// 2. fiddle around for (at least) 50 ms
while (elapsed() < 50) { }

// 3. sync code ends
log("Wasted time until:", elapsed());

// (sync code ends)
// -----------------------
// Me first!
// Wasted time until: 67

// โญ (async code begins)
// -----------------------
// Done
// Timeout ran at: 72

// Error: Woosh

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