Javascript: Sleep timer7nbsp

In javascript, there is no such thing as a sleep timer. This is not a nocturnal alarm clock, but a programming function that will stop the code from running for the time set in it. Since javascript doesn’t provide this you have to use setTimeout or this method to create a sleep timer.

This code was written by Marcel of http://www.nodebeginner.org/ He’s a smart guy and I recommend you buy his book on node if you want some great info on node (not to mention the excellent tutorial on the same site. Here is the code:

function sleep(ms){
var startTime = new Date().getTime();
while(new Date().getTime() &lt; startTime + ms);
}

sleep(10000); //10000 = 10 seconds, in milliseconds.

function sleep(ms){

var startTime = new Date().getTime();

while(new Date().getTime() < startTime + ms);

}

sleep(10000); //10000 = 10 seconds, in milliseconds.