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Synchronous timer in JavaScript
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syncTimer.js
/**
* I often find myself needing a synchronous timer
* in JavaScript to test various browser things so here
* is a canonical timer that can be used so I don't have to
* keep trying to remember "What was that static function I
* was using on the Date class again?"
*/
end = Date.now() + 3000;
while (Date.now() < end) {}
console.log("3 seconds later :)")
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