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Features/Workers

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Web workers allow running scripts in parallel to the main page. This allows for thread-like operation with message-passing as the coordination mechanism. It avoids locking the UI.

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Web Workers

ToDos

  • Determine browser support for SharedWorkers.
  • Find use cases for SharedWorkers on mobile.
  • Decide whether Coremob Level 1 should support WebWorkers only or both WebWorkers and SharedWorkers.