Reading material for the second lecture:

In week two we will discuss the following topics:
• Async vs Sync
• Event Loop (order of execution)
• Promises

Here are resources that we like you to read as a preparation for the second lecture:

Async vs Sync

Watch this YouTube video (24 mins) from Traversy Media, introducing promises and async/await. In this week's lecture and homework we will focus on promises as an elegant replacement for callbacks. Next week we will cover async/await, which provides an alternative syntax for 'consuming' promises.

• Async JS Crash Course - Callbacks, Promises, Async Await

Read about Asynchronous vs Synchronous:

• Understanding Synchronous and Asynchronous JavaScript

Event Loop

• HYF Fundamental - The Event Loop

ES6 Promises

• A Simple Guide to ES6 Promises
• HYF Fundamental - Promises

Please go through the material and come to class prepared!