Web Workers in JavaScript

Run scripts in background threads

AdvancedBrowser APIExample 6 of 15

web-workers.js

1const worker = new Worker('worker.js');
2worker.postMessage('Hello');
3worker.onmessage = (e) => console.log('Message:', e.data);
4worker.terminate();

Output

Message: Hello from worker

What's going on

Web Workers run code in background threads.

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