3_introducing_workers
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Introducing Workers
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| workers | |
| content | Workers |
| children | types_of_workers, no_access_to_vars, post_message, tasks_run_seperate_thread, thread_seq_instructions |
| tasks_run_seperate_thread | |
| content | Enables some tasks to be run in a separate thread of execution |
| children | thread_seq_instructions |
| parents | workers |
| thread_seq_instructions | |
| content | Thread: sequence of instructions that a program follows |
| parents | workers, tasks_run_seperate_thread |
| no_access_to_vars | |
| content | Main code and worker code never get access to eachothers variables, only share data in specific cases |
| children | message_passing |
| parents | workers |
| message_passing | |
| content | Interaction via message passing |
| parents | no_access_to_vars |
| types_of_workers | |
| content | Types of Workers |
| children | dedicated, shared |
| parents | workers |
| dedicated | |
| content | Dedicated Workers |
| children | used_single_instance (description) |
| parents | types_of_workers |
| shared | |
| content | Shared Workers |
| children | shared_by_several_different_scripts (description) |
| parents | types_of_workers |
| post_message | |
| content | postMessage(): send message to worker |
| parents | workers |
| used_single_instance | |
| content | Dedicated: used by single script instance |
| parents | dedicated |
| shared_by_several_different_scripts | |
| content | Shared: shared by several different scripts running in different windows |
| parents | shared |
| progressive_web_apps | |
| content | Progressive Web Apps |
| parents | service |
| service | |
| content | Service: act like proxy servers, caching resources and so that web apps can work when user is offline |
| children | progressive_web_apps |