Question

If I have an ajax call off fetching (with a callback) and then some other code running in the meantime. How can I have a third function that will be called when both of the first 2 are done. I’m sure it is easy with polling (setTimeout and then check some variables) but I’d rather a callback.

Is it possible?

Answer 1

You could just give the same callback to both your AJAX call and your other code running in the meantime, use a variable to track their combined progress, then link them to a callback like below:

// Each time you start a call, increment this by one
var counter = 0;

var callback = function() {
    counter--;
    if (counter == 0) {
        // Execute code you wanted to do once both threads are finished.
    }
}