Events are the first place you are likely to meet asynchronous functions, but once you have events and an event dispatching system you can't stop there. Any long running function has to be implemented ...

Asynchronous code (async code) says: go do something while I do other things, then let me know what happened when the results are ready. Also known as concurrency, async is important in a variety of ...

Making asynchronous HTTP requests from Webpages is an effective technique in bringing seemingly static pages to life. Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) has become a popular technology in creating ...