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title: "Discussion on \"Synchronous vs Asynchronous JavaScript: Why Your Code Doesn’t Always Run in Order\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Synchronous vs Asynchronous JavaScript: Why Your Code Doesn’t Always Run in Order\". “Why didn’t my code run line by line?”\nYou write this:\nconsole.log(\"Start\");\n\nsetTimeout(() => {\n  console.log(\"Inside timeout\");\n}, 2000);\n\nconsole.log(\"End\");\n\nAnd expect:\nStart  \n(wait 2 seconds)"
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“Why didn’t my code run line by line?” You write this: console.log("Start"); setTimeout(() => { console.log("Inside timeout"); }, 2000); console.log("End"); And expect: Start (wait 2 seconds)

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