How to do Threading in Javascript

Question

So I have a large JSON object i\'m returning from the server, then building a datatable from it and displaying it on the form. This usually takes a few seconds.. so I was th

Answer 1

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JavaScript is single threaded. You'll have to break your work up into pieces and call them in sequence using "setTimeout" to allow the GUI to update during processing (in between your calls) but even then the browser will still seem somewhat unresponsive.