HTML5 Background Processes with Web Workers

In this course, author Bill Weinman describes how to perform background processing using the Web Workers API in HTML5. Web workers provide background processing for JavaScript, keeping pages responsive while allowing your scripts to run independently. The course demonstrates practical examples for detecting web workers support, setting up workers, implementing shared workers, and handling errors Topics include:

• Deploying a worker
• Detecting browser support
• Communicating with workers
• Understanding API differences in shared workers

00-Introduction

01- Welcome
02- Using the exercise files

01- Overview

01- Understanding workers
02-Deploying a worker

02- The Details

01- Detecting Web Workers support
02- Reviewing the application
03- Setting up the worker
04- Communicating with the worker
05-Handling errors

03- Shared Workers

01- Understanding API differences in shared workers
02- Reviewing a shared workers example
03- Exploring the details

04- Conclusion

01-Goodbye