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HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<button id='do'> Do long calc!</button>
<div id='status'></div>
<div id='result'></div>
</body>
</html>
JavaScript
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
document.querySelector('#do').onclick = function() {
document.querySelector('#status').innerHTML = 'calculating...';
// setTimeout(long, 0); // will block
setTimeout(long, 1); // will not block
};
function long(){
let result = 0
for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
for (let j = 0; j < 1000; j++) {
for (let k = 0; k < 1000; k++) {
result += i + j + k;
}
}
}
document.querySelector('#status').innerHTML = 'calculation done';
document.querySelector('#result').innerHTML = result.toString();
}
});