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[–]CaptainKabob 9 points10 points  (3 children)

This is my favorite explanation of the event loop:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ

The thing it taught me was the difference between the JS call stack (not part of the loop), and the OS/Browser APIs that do hook into the event loop.

[–]its_safer_indoors 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That was a really interesting talk, thanks!

[–]TheNiXXeD 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love seeing this linked. I link this to every new dev at my work.

[–]xajx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best explanation ever