Rendering Is a Browser Decision, Not a JavaScript One

try { if(localStorage) { let currentUser = localStorage.getItem('current_user'); if (currentUser) { currentUser = JSON.parse(currentUser); if (currentUser.id === 3862667) { document.getElementById('article-show-container').classList.add('current-user-is-article-author'); } } } } catch (e) { console.error(e); } Marsha Teo Posted on Apr 30 Rendering Is a Browser Decision, Not a JavaScript One #webdev #javascript This is the fifth article in a series on how JavaScript actually runs. You can read the full series here or on my website. You change the DOM. You expect the screen to update. It doesn’t. Why? In the earlier articles, we established three constraints: JavaScript runs to completion. Tasks form scheduling boundaries. Microtasks must fully drain before moving on.

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