Top "Synchronous" questions

Synchronous means that the caller of a function waits for the response or completion of the function before returning control to the main program

Asynchronous vs synchronous execution, what does it really mean?

What is the difference between asynchronous and synchronous execution?

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jQuery: Performing synchronous AJAX requests

I've done some jQuery in the past, but I am completely stuck on this. I know about the pros and …

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document.createElement("script") synchronously

Is it possible to call in a .js file synchronously and then use it immediately afterward? <script type="text/…

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What is the difference between synchronous and asynchronous programming (in node.js)

I've been reading nodebeginner And I came across the following two pieces of code. The first one: var result = database.…

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Simplest way to wait some asynchronous tasks complete, in Javascript?

I want to drop some mongodb collections, but that's an asynchronous task. The code will be: var mongoose = require('mongoose'); …

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How to force Sequential Javascript Execution?

I've only found rather complicated answers involving classes, event handlers and callbacks (which seem to me to be a somewhat …

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How to make JQuery-AJAX request synchronous

How do i make an ajax request synchronous? I have a form which needs to be submitted. But it needs …

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How to wrap async function calls into a sync function in Node.js or Javascript?

Suppose you maintain a library that exposes a function getData. Your users call it to get actual data: var output = …

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asynchronous vs non-blocking

What is the difference between asynchronous and non-blocking calls? Also between blocking and synchronous calls (with examples please)?

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JavaScript: Global variables after Ajax requests

the question is fairly simple and technical: var it_works = false; $.post("some_file.php", '', function(data) { it_works = …

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