Flow Control in JavaScript: Callbacks, Promises, async/await
Learn about key problems related to asynchronous programming in JavaScript and how to make your life easier with promises and async/await.
Tag: callbacks
What are Callbacks in JavaScript?
Learn what JavaScript callbacks are, how they work, their different types, how to create them, and how to employ them in your own code.
Saved from Callback Hell
Learn how to avoid callback hell without ditching callbacks! By applying some SOLID principles, callbacks can still be a useful technique.
How to Use Higher-Order Functions in JavaScript
Higher-order functions can take other functions as arguments or return a function as a result. Learn how to use them and why they're useful.
A Beginner Splurge in Node.js
Camillo Reyes and Michiel Mulders demonstrate some experiments with Node.js and the command line, using callbacks, I/O operations and a web server.
An Introduction into Event Loops in PHP
Christopher Pitt introduces event loops - non-blocking async calls in PHP code, akin to Javascript. Can event loops breathe new life into PHP's performance?
The Final Steps to Mastering JavaScript’s “this” Keyword
Completing his look at JavaScript's 'this' keyword, Ivaylo Gerchev examines how to use 'this' in callbacks and closures, as well as lexical binding in ES6.
Demystifying JavaScript Closures, Callbacks and IIFEs
Ivaylo Gerchev examines three of the most important and heavily-used concepts in modern JavaScript development — closures, callbacks and IIFEs