Multithreaded javascript explores the various features that javascript runtimes have at their disposal for implementing multithreaded programming, providing both practical real-world examples, as well as reference material.

• Learn what multithreaded programming is and how you can benefit from it


• Understand the differences between a web worker, a service worker, and a worker thread


• Know when and when not to use threads in an application


• Orchestrate communication between threads by leveraging the Atomics object


• Build high-performance applications using the knowledge you gain from this book


• Benchmark performance to learn if you'll benefit from multithreading