block by ThomasG77 cb8786faac449f392dbf

Minimal WebWorker example

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index.html

<html>
  <body>
    <h1>Minimal WebWorker example</h1>
    <p>Look in the console!</p>
    <script src="main.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

main.js

var worker = new Worker('worker.js');
worker.postMessage('ping');
worker.onmessage = function (e) {
  console.log(e.data); // 'pong'
};

worker.js


self.onmessage = function (e) {
  console.log(e.data); // 'ping'
  self.postMessage('pong');
};