Fundamentals - Web Workers and Service Workers
Aug. 24, 2022, 10 a.m. (2 years, 3 months ago)
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In this episode of Syntax, Wes and Scott talk through the fundamentals of web workers and service workers - examples, when you should use them, how to debug, local dev, and more.
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Show Notes
- 00:11 Welcome
- 04:34 What are threads?
- 06:12 Concurrent vs parallel
- 09:22 Green screen web cam example
- 13:02 Examples of what you could use web workers for
- Party Town
- Deno
- 19:52 Sponsor: LogRocket
- 20:42 Post Message API and Web Workers
- 25:57 What about WASM?
- 27:28 Offline sync
- 28:14 What are service workers?
- 31:20 How do you caching sites for offline use?
- 32:39 Web worker vs service worker
- 34:12 Sponsor: Sanity
- 35:40 What is the lifecycle of a service worker
- 38:18 Possible issues with Service Workers
- 42:46 Debugging service workers
- Svelte Kit Service workers
- Workbox
- 43:04 Testing and local development
- Service Workers notes from Wes’ Workshop
- 46:45 Sponsor: Freshbooks
- 49:59 SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ×××
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