helloitsjoe / lets-block-the-event-loop

Let's Block the Event Loop!

Watch the YouTube video here!

Why?

• It's important when running a server not to block
• Blocking the event loop will block all endpoints
• Most important with CPU-bound tasks
• Best case: users will see latency
• Worst case: server will timeout/crash

What we'll be doing

• Built-in Node async file writing
• Using child process and worker threads to handle CPU tasks

What's the event loop?

• Node's mechanism for asynchronous processing
• What the heck is the event loop anyway?
• In the Loop