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How run async / await in parallel in Javascript
function wait(ms, data) {
return new Promise( resolve => setTimeout(resolve.bind(this, data), ms) );
}
/**
* This will run in series, because
* we call a function and immediately wait for it's result,
* so this will finish in 1s.
*/
async function series() {
return {
result1: await wait(500, 'seriesTask1'),
result2: await wait(500, 'seriesTask2'),
}
}
/**
* While here we call the functions first,
* then wait for the result later, so
* this will finish in 500ms.
*/
async function parallel() {
const task1 = wait(500, 'parallelTask1');
const task2 = wait(500, 'parallelTask2');
return {
result1: await task1,
result2: await task2,
}
}
async function taskRunner(fn, label) {
const startTime = performance.now();
console.log(`Task ${label} starting...`);
let result = await fn();
console.log(`Task ${label} finished in ${ Number.parseInt(performance.now() - startTime) } miliseconds with,`, result);
}
void taskRunner(series, 'series');
void taskRunner(parallel, 'parallel');
/*
* The result will be:
* Task series starting...
* Task parallel starting...
* Task parallel finished in 500 milliseconds with, { "result1": "parallelTask1", "result2": "parallelTask2" }
* Task series finished in 1001 milliseconds with, { "result1": "seriesTask1", "result2": "seriesTask2" }
*/
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