Aman Mittal • 6/25/2016

How process.nextTick() works in Node.js?

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This technical article details the Node.js global process object and its nextTick() method. It explains how nextTick() schedules a callback for the next event loop iteration, contrasts it with JavaScript's setTimeout(), and provides a practical code example demonstrating its immediate, non-blocking deferral behavior.

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