Question

So far I get the expected output, but is it a fluke?

Is getTemplate() function which has ajax in it to be blocking or not?

alert("i want this first");

getTemplateID();

alert("i want this after the getTemplateID() executes");

Answer 1

you have a param there : ( in jQuery ajax).

async: true / false

if false – so it is blocking.

   jQuery.ajax(
 {
    ....
     async: true
 });