---
title: "Node.js -Event Loop"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/node-js--event-loop-gvhal0uke
source_url: https://towardsdev.com/node-js-event-loop-3ee5b841adda?source=rss----a648dc4ecb66---4
type: article
source: "Towards Dev"
published: 2022-04-11T12:17:28.976Z
updated: 2022-04-11T12:17:28.977Z
tags: ["nodejs"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 25
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Node.js -Event Loop

**[Towards Dev](https://daily.dev/sources/towardsdev)** · 3 min read · 25 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

The event loop is an endless loop, which waits for tasks, executes them and then sleeps until it receives more tasks. The event loop allows us to use callbacks and promises. Node.js is a single-threaded event-driven platform that is capable of running non-blocking, asynchronously programming.

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