Re: [tlug] Variable scope in Javascript driving me nuts [SOLVED]

[Dave M G <dave@example.com>]

Philipp,

Thanks for responding.

> Now you're telling jQuery to asynchronously POST the JSON data and call the function checkResult *when the request is finished*!
> However, your outside function just continues immediately after this line. It doesn't wait for any result!
>    

Dude... you just wrinkled my brain!

I get it now.

I thought that "asynchronous" in a web development context simply meant 
"doing stuff without reloading the web page". I didn't realize it meant 
"doing stuff even at the same time as other Javascript being executed".

Now that I grasp that asynchronous JSON posting happens *really* 
asynchronously, I have to alter my approach.

Thanks for setting me straight, and thanks to everyone else who posted 
helpful advice!

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Dave M G