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4,859 PointsAsync vs Sync!!!
I understand the difference between the two conceptually, but with the physical code how do you know which is which? Any examples?
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Steven Parker
231,172 PointsAsync code is tied into the event mechanism, which can be done a variety of ways. One likely (but not guaranteed) clue is that a function which operates asynchronously will often take a callback argument, which is another function that will be used to indicate completion at a later time. An example is the built-in "setTimeout" function:
setTimeout( function () { console.log('done'); }, // <-- callback
2000 );
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4,859 PointsThank You!!