What are tasks in event loop

A task is any javascript code/program which is scheduled to be run by the standard mechanisms such as initially starting to run a program, run an event callback, or an interval or timeout being fired. All these tasks are scheduled on a task queue.

Below are the list of use cases to add tasks to the task queue,

1. When a new javascript program is executed directly from console or running by the <script> element, the task will be added to the task queue.

2. When an event fires, the event callback added to task queue

3. When a setTimeout or setInterval is reached, the corresponding callback added to task queue