Web Workers: Multithreaded Programs in JavaScript - Ido Green

Learn how to utilize Web Workers to run computationally intensive JavaScript code in a thread parallel to the UI with the book "Web Workers: Multithreaded Programs in JavaScript" by Ido Green. This example-driven guide is suitable for those with an intermediate to advanced understanding of JavaScript, particularly in event handling and callbacks.

Key topics covered in this book include:

• Starting to create Web Workers and understanding their capabilities
• Determining browser versions that support the Web Workers API
• Utilizing dedicated Web Workers for CPU-intensive tasks like data parsing
• Exploring use cases for creating inline Workers, such as encapsulating a web app in one page
• Creating a shared Worker to facilitate communication between multiple web app instances and the server
• Learning best practices for debugging Web Workers
• Applying Web Workers within the server-side Node environment

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Illustration: N

Language: ENG

Pages: 00062 (Unencrypted)

On Sale: 2012-05-25

SKU-13/ISBN: 9781449322137

Category: Computers : Programming Languages - JavaScript