03 May 2022
What is Event Loop – Things To Know
The event loop is what allows javascript to handle thousands and thousands of requests with just a single thread. This architecture allows Javascript and/or Node.js engines to offload operations to the system kernel.
The generic explanation given above is all good but how does it actually work? We are going to talk about this later in this article but first, we need to understand how javascript works and where the need for the event loop comes in.