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async.parallel(tasks, afterTasksCallback) will execute a set of tasks in parallel and wait the end of all tasks (reported by the call of callback function). When tasks are finished, async call the main callback with all errors and all results of tasks. function shortTimeFunction(callback) { set...

async.series(tasks, afterTasksCallback) will execute a set of tasks. Each task are executed after another. If a task fails, async stops immediately the execution and jump into the main callback. When tasks are finished successfully, async call the "master" callback with all errors and all...

async.waterfall(tasks, afterTasksCallback) will execute a set of tasks. Each task are executed after another, and the result of a task is passed to the next task. As async.series(), if a task fails, async stop the execution and call immediately the main callback. When tasks are finished successfull...

To execute a function within a loop in node.js, it's fine to use a for loop for short loops. But the loop is long, using for loop will increase the time of processing which might cause the node process to hang. In such scenarios, you can use: asycn.times function recursiveAction(n, callback) { ...

When we want to handle array of data, its better to use async.each. When we want to perform something with all data & want to get the final callback once everything is done, then this method will be useful. This is handled in parallel way. function createUser(userName, callback) { //creat...

/In async.series,all the functions are executed in series and the consolidated outputs of each function is passed to the final callback. e.g/ var async = require('async'); async.series([ function (callback) { console.log('First Execute..'); callback(null, 'userPersonalData'); }, function (cal...