event-emission-sync.es6

import {EventEmitter} from "events";

let ee = new EventEmitter;

ee.on("evt", () => {
    console.log("event emitted");
});

function emitEvent() {
    console.log("about to emit event");
    ee.emit("evt");
    console.log("after event emitted");
}

emitEvent();
console.log("after everything");