A wild JavaScript code snippet appears!

const log = (output) => { console.log(`--${output}--`); };

log("first");

setTimeout(function fifth() { log("fifth"); }, 500);
setTimeout(function third() { log("third"); }, 0);
setTimeout(function fourth()

First, a refresher on asynchronous functions utilizing callbacks:

setTimeout(() => {
    console.log('One second later');
}, 1000);

The above code will log One second later to the console after at least a one second delay (timing isn’t precise in...

Let’s take a look at our example from last time:

const get = require('./get'); // get(url, callback)

const githubApi = 'https://api.github.com';
const githubEventsUrlFor = username => `${githubApi}/users/${username}/events`;
const githubRepoUrlFor

NOTE: This is the first post in a series on Concurrent Programming in JavaScript.

Introduction to the Problem

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tl;dr

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In the Beginning

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The Endless Fight

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Editor Survey Discontinued

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Start from Part 1: An Introduction

First Impressions

Light table seems interesting upon first opening. It greets you with a brief splash-screen style intro before loading the “Welcome” tab which will give you some basic information on where to find...

Continue to Part 2: A Retrospective

Light Table

My text editor journey began with Light Table. It’s not my first experience with the editor by a long shot, but this was the longest continuous streak I’ve spent exclusively editing with it (okay,...

One of my buddies likes to give me a hard time about my constant tinkering with new or different text editors. I’ve always had my preference of editor, but I love to see how others implement various concepts and what different ideas each one may have...