queueMicrotask Explained: The Smallest Async Queue in JavaScript
What queueMicrotask does, how it differs from Promise.then, and how microtasks really work under the hood.
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What queueMicrotask does, how it differs from Promise.then, and how microtasks really work under the hood.
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