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# How To Use Multithreading in Node.js

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 25 min read · 301 upvotes · 14 comments

## Summary

Since JavaScript is single-threaded, it blocks the main thread and no other code executes until the task completes. To understand this, you will create a Node.js program with an infinite loop so that it doesn’t exit when run. Using nano or your preferred text editor, create and open the process.js file: nano process.

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**@fuadpashayev** · 6 upvotes

> Thanks for so readable article, so easy to apply immediately!

**@bytefer** · 5 upvotes

> High-quality article, you will not be afraid of Node.js multi-threaded programming after learning. Thanks

**@bobbyiliev** · 4 upvotes

> Great tutorial! Well done @dotaadarsh for submitting it!

**@lorezz** · 4 upvotes

> Very cool tutorial, love it

**@loftwah** · 2 upvotes

> DigitalOcean tutorials are always excellent!

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