Web Workers : Multithreaded Programs in JavaScript

Web apps would run much better if heavy calculations could be performed in the background, rather than compete with the user interface. With this book, you’ll learn how to use Web Workers to run computationally intensive JavaScript code in a thread parallel to the Ui. Yes, multi-threaded programing is complicated, but Web Workers provide a simple Api that helps you be productive without the complex algorithms. If you have an intermediate to advanced understanding of JavaScript— especially event handling and callbacks—you’re ready to tackle Web Workers with the tools in this example-driven guide. Start creating Web Workers and understand what they can and can’t do Determine which browser versions support the Api Use dedicated Web Workers for tasks that consume a lot of Cpu, such as data parsing Explore use cases for creating inline Workers, such as encapsulating a web app in one page Create a shared Worker to communicate multiple web app instances to the server, and other uses Learn best practices for debugging Web Workers Apply Web Workers within the server-side Node environment Web apps would run much better if heavy calculations could be performed in the background, rather than compete with the user interface. With this book, you’ll learn how to use Web Workers to run computationally intensive JavaScript code in a thread parallel to the UI. Yes, multi-threaded programing is complicated, but Web Workers provide a simple API that helps you be productive without the complex algorithms.If you have an intermediate to advanced understanding of JavaScript—especially event handling and callbacks—you’re ready to tackle Web Workers with the tools in this example-driven guide.Start creating Web Workers and understand what they can and can’t doDetermine which browser versions support the APIUse dedicated Web Workers for tasks that consume a lot of CPU, such as data parsingExplore use cases for creating inline Workers, such as encapsulating a web app in one pageCreate a shared Worker to communicate multiple web app instances to the server, and other usesLearn best practices for debugging Web WorkersApply Web Workers within the server-side Node environment In modern web applications there are lots of cases when we need to do complicated calculations in the background. The way to do it is by using Web Workers. Web Workers provide a standard way for browsers to run JavaScript in the background and in this book we will see what are the best ways to use them.