https://github.com/dmihal/Subworkers

Polyfill to allow nested WebWorkers
https://github.com/dmihal/Subworkers

Last synced: about 2 months ago
JSON representation

Polyfill to allow nested WebWorkers

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dmihal/Subworkers
• Owner: dmihal
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-02-20T07:13:54.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-01T10:46:04.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-18T01:52:56.009Z (2 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 14.6 KB
• Stars: 83
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 7
• Open Issues: 7
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

Awesome Lists containing this project

README

        
# Subworkers

WebWorkers are awesome! Unfortionately, Google Chrome doesn't support creating subworkers,

[here's the Chromium issue for it](https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=31666).

This polyfill provides this functionality to Chrome and any other browser that supports WebWorkers,

but not subworkers. This functionality is implemented by creating all subworkers in the context of

the main page and simulating the communication.

## Usage

Using this is easy!

1. Download [`subworkers.js`](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dmihal/Subworkers/master/subworkers.js)

2. In the document hosting the WebWorkers, include the `subworkers.js` script before any scripts that create WebWorkers.

   ``` html

   

   ```

3. In the code for any WebWorker that will have a subworker, you also need to include `subworkers.js`.

   ``` javascript

   importScripts("subworkers.js");

   ```

That's it! WebWorkers now work the way you would expect!

### With NPM

1. Install subworkers.js by running `npm install -s subworkers`

2. Import the library in all scripts

``` javascript

require('subworkers'); // CommonJS

// or

import 'subworkers'; // ES2015+

```

## License

This project is released under the MIT License.