How do you make javascript code execute *in order*

Question

Okay, so I appreciate that Javascript is not C# or PHP, but I keep coming back to an issue in Javascript - not with JS itself but my use of it.

I have a function:

Answer 1

I thinks all you need to do is have this in your code:

async: false,

So your Ajax call would look like this:

jQuery.ajax({
            type: "GET",
            url: "something.html for example",
            dataType: "html",
            async: false,
            context: document.body,
            success: function(response){

                //do stuff here

            },
            error: function() {
                alert("Sorry, The requested property could not be found.");
            }  
        });

Obviously some of this need to change for XML, JSON etc but the async: false, is the main point here which tell the JS engine to wait until the success call have returned (or failed depending) and then carry on. Remember there is a downside to this, and thats that the entire page becomes unresponsive until the ajax returns!!! usually within milliseconds which is not a big deals but COULD take longer.

Hope this is the right answer and it helps you :)