[HTML5] 10 Web Workers

Web Applications 1.0

Living Standard — Last Updated 19 August 2011

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1. 10 Web workers
   1. 10.1 Introduction
      1. 10.1.1 Scope
      2. 10.1.2 Examples
         1. 10.1.2.1 A background number-crunching worker
         2. 10.1.2.2 A worker for updating a client-side database
         3. 10.1.2.3 Worker used for background I/O
         4. 10.1.2.4 Shared workers introduction
         5. 10.1.2.5 Shared state using a shared worker
         6. 10.1.2.6 Delegation
      3. 10.1.3 Tutorials
         1. 10.1.3.1 Creating a dedicated worker
         2. 10.1.3.2 Communicating with a dedicated worker
         3. 10.1.3.3 Shared workers
   2. 10.2 Infrastructure
      1. 10.2.1 The global scope
         1. 10.2.1.1 The WorkerGlobalScope abstract interface
         2. 10.2.1.2 Dedicated workers and the DedicatedWorkerGlobalScope interface
         3. 10.2.1.3 Shared workers and the SharedWorkerGlobalScope interface
      2. 10.2.2 Origins of workers
      3. 10.2.3 The event loop
      4. 10.2.4 The worker's lifetime
      5. 10.2.5 Processing model
      6. 10.2.6 Runtime script errors
      7. 10.2.7 Creating workers
         1. 10.2.7.1 The AbstractWorker abstract interface
         2. 10.2.7.2 Dedicated workers and the Worker interface
         3. 10.2.7.3 Shared workers and the SharedWorker interface
   3. 10.3 APIs available to workers
      1. 10.3.1 Importing scripts and libraries
      2. 10.3.2 The WorkerNavigator object
      3. 10.3.3 Interface objects and constructors
      4. 10.3.4 Worker locations