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 Understanding JavaScript's Event Loop Made Simple!

Did you know that JavaScript is a single-threaded language, processing one task at a time? To handle asynchronous tasks like fetching data or setting timers, the event loop comes into play! It's like a traffic officer keeping everything moving. The event loop checks whether the call stack is empty and executes tasks from the task queue or microtask queue when possible.

Source: https://dev.to/aadixc0de/understanding-the-event-loop-in-javascript-made-simple-2ba8