Jul 6, 2011 · I have a Node.js/Express app that queries a MySQL db within the route and displays the result to the user. My problem is how do I run the queries and block until both queries are …

Well, I don't think the answers explain the original motivation for the terminology. But here's my take from what I came to know so far: synchronous - act based on a point of time, like the end …

Jun 24, 2017 · In case you really need a synchronous request (you don't), use the deprecated XMLHttpRequest synchronous variant, to quote MDN: Note: Starting with Gecko 30.0 (Firefox …

Dec 29, 2014 · It's synchronous and CPU-bound, which can feel like "blocking" when you expect the node app to be responsive to events. – Dave Dopson Commented Aug 2, 2011 at 17:58

Jun 28, 2018 · I'm trying to convert all of my node require()s into the import() statements, however, those are async and I'm having a bit of trouble. Right now I have: import * as fs from 'fs'; const …

firstValueFrom(observable) is also not synchronous, because you have to await both call's, which means other resources can do stuff while waiting on the result. – gangfish Commented Mar …

May 25, 2014 · It's naturally going to be quite hacky, since browsers try to get you to avoid doing synchronous storage access, since it can be slow (i.e. up to tens of milliseconds - vs …

Jan 26, 2016 · Synchronous I/O -- some execution vehicle (like a process or thread) that initiates the I/O also waits for the I/O to complete (and perhaps completes it). When the I/O completes, …

Mar 3, 2017 · You could also do the Synchronous AJAX call, as emacsian described, but that will put extra load on your server. Your best bet is really to avoid this, which should be simple …

Sep 21, 2017 · @MarkMeyer, it is true if the app has the UI, or needs to be able to do some stuff in parallel. In my case it is a server routine that must be synchronous, so I was wondering why …