webrtcgame / thread.js

javascript plugin allows to execute any function of javascript code in a thread

Thread.js

is a javascript plugin, which allows you to execute any function of a your code in a thread.

Standalone function: simply pass it as an argument to the Thread(), and get the result in a callback function. You don't need to create a separate file for each thread, like you normally do with a regular worker.

Object's method: Thread accepts context as an optional parameter and executes function in its context. Simply pass the object as a context, that's it.

Function with dependencies: Thread accepts a list of file names as an optional argument and imports these files in the thread before the function is calling

In main page you execute it this way:

function sum(num1, num2) {
    return num1 + num2;
}

var foo = sum(2,3);
console.log(foo);

Now, let's open a new thread and execute function sum() in this thread.

function sum(num1, num2) {
    return num1 + num2;
}

Thread.exec(
  sum,                // function to execute in a thread
  [2,3],              // arguments for the function
  function(data){     // callback function to process result
  	var foo = data;
  	console.log(foo);
  }
);

See live examples at http://eslinstructor.net/vkthread

Thread.js is built on HTML5 "Worker" technology. It also incorporates JSONfn code to implement the key tasks. In spite of technical complexity, plugin is super compact. Development version (plain text with comments) is less than 2k. I don't care to minifiy it.