Asynchronous Programming

So far we have been doing synchronous programming. In this lesson, we will learn about what is asynchronous programming and why it is important.

Synchronous Programming

Synchronous program execution is quite simple: a program starts at the first line, then each line is executed until the program reaches the end. Each time a function is called, the program waits for the function to return before continuing to the next line.

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