Web Workers: Multithreading in JavaScript
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Web Workers: Multithreading in JavaScript

JavaScript runs on a single thread, and the moment you throw something heavy at it, the whole page locks up. Web Workers give you actual background threads that run in parallel with the main thread. Here is how to use dedicated workers, shared workers, transferable objects, and worker pools — with real examples like image processing and large file parsing.

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