// Helper function to simulate an API call
function fetchData(id) {
return new Promise(resolve => {
setTimeout(() => resolve(`Data for ID ${id}`), 1000);
});
}
// Sequential operation - takes ~3 seconds
async function fetchSequential() {
console.time('sequential');
const data1 = await fetchData(1);
const data2 = await fetchData(2);
const data3 = await fetchData(3);
console.timeEnd('sequential');
return [data1, data2, data3];
}
// Parallel operation - takes ~1 second
async function fetchParallel() {
console.time('parallel');
const results = await Promise.all([
fetchData(1),
fetchData(2),
fetchData(3)
]);
console.timeEnd('parallel');
return results;
}
// Demo
async function runDemo() {
console.log('Running sequentially...');
const seqResults = await fetchSequential();
console.log(seqResults);
console.log('\nRunning in parallel...');
const parResults = await fetchParallel();
console.log(parResults);
}
runDemo();