What the heck is the event loop anyway? | Philip Roberts | JSConf EU
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Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via HackerTube (Karpathy's dataset of videos Hacker News recommends · 94% confidenceThe standard explanation of how async JavaScript actually runs; clear visuals, precise model, and still accurate a decade later.
What you'll learn
Philip Roberts explains the JavaScript runtime: call stack, web APIs, the callback queue and the event loop, with a visualiser that makes asynchronous execution concrete.
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