Description

A promise based npm package for off-loading CPU intensive tasks to the web worker.
This package has no dependency on any external package and works on all modern browsers.

Installation

npm i web-worker-thread --save

Supported Functions

- Function Declaration
- Function Expression
- Arrow Functions
- Object Methods
- Async Functions

Usage

webWorkerThread expects a single argument of type object with three properties:
- fn(required): the function to be executed
- args(optional): the array of arguments that will be passed to the function
- context(optional): the this keyword to be used inside the function

Examples

#### Normal Function

``
import webWorkerThread from 'web-worker-thread';

function randomNoGenerator(max, min) {
const generateRandomNumber = (min, max) => {
return Math.floor(Math.random() * (max - min + 1) + min)
}

let randomNos = [];
for (let i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) {
randomNos.push(generateRandomNumber(min, max));
}
return randomNos;
}

webWorkerThread({
fn: randomNoGenerator,
args: [1, 10]
})
.then(result => console.log(result))
.catch(error => console.log(error));
`

#### Object Method

`
import webWorkerThread from 'web-worker-thread';

function Person(firstName, lastName) {
this.firstName = firstName;
this.lastName = lastName;
}

Person.prototype.getFullName = function () {
return ${this.firstName} ${this.lastName};
}

const john = new Person('John', 'Doe');

webWorkerThread({
fn: john.getFullName,
context: john
})
.then(result => console.log(result))
.catch(error => console.error(error));
`

#### Async Function

`
import webWorkerThread from 'web-worker-thread';

async function getUsers() {
try {
const response = await fetch('https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users');
const data = await response.json();
return data;
} catch (e) {
return [];
}
}

webWorkerThread({
fn: getUsers
})
.then(data => console.log(data))
.catch(error => console.log(error))
``