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# The Event Loop
JavaScript is single-threaded but it can still take advantage of asynchronous
programming.
The Event Loop is a Javascript construct responsible
for holding operations to be executed asynchronously with respect to the main
flow of execution. Whenever we meet a portion of code that may not be
possible to execute now, it is put in the Event Loop. Let's look at some
examples:
In order to do that, the runtime keeps a structure called The Event Loop which
is responsible for holding operations to be executed asynchronously with
respect to the main flow of execution. Whenever we meet a portion of code that
may not be possible to execute now, it is put in the Event Loop. Let's look at
some examples:
1.