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| author | yo mama <pepper@scannerjammer.com> | 2015-04-04 01:00:59 -0700 |
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| committer | yo mama <pepper@scannerjammer.com> | 2015-04-04 01:00:59 -0700 |
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diff --git a/node_modules/webworker-threads/examples/ex04_main.md b/node_modules/webworker-threads/examples/ex04_main.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f341518 --- /dev/null +++ b/node_modules/webworker-threads/examples/ex04_main.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +## Loading the worker code from a file (main side) + +When writing code for threads we have both code that executes in the main thread and code that +executes in worker threads. When the code is small, it may be handy to have all code in a single file +but it is often clearer to split the code apart when the worker code starts to grow. + +This example demonstrates how we can package the worker code in a separeate file and +load it with `t.load`. + +We are going to keep the same logic as in our previous 'ping pong' example, but just repackage +it slightly differently. + +In this file we keep only the ping (main) side: + +``` javascript +// Creating the worker thread +var Threads = require('webworker-threads'); +var t = Threads.create(); + +// Listening to 'data' events from the worker thread +t.on('data', function(n, result) { + console.log('fibo(' + n + ') = ' + result); + if (n < 40) t.emit('next'); + else console.log('bye!'), t.destroy(); +}); +``` + +At this point we load the worker code: + +``` javascript +t.load(__dirname + '/ex04_worker.js'); +``` + +And we start the game by emitting the first `next` event: + +``` javascript +t.emit('next'); +``` + +### Output + +``` +fibo(1) = 1 +fibo(2) = 2 +fibo(3) = 3 +fibo(4) = 5 +... +fibo(39) = 102334155 +fibo(40) = 165580141 +bye! +``` |
