single-file-worker v1.0.0

single-file-worker.js

This helps to make library that uses WebWorker/fork as one simple file.

Install

npm:

npm install single-file-worker

bower:

bower install single-file-worker

Usage

fork (node.js / electron / nw.js):

var SingleFileWorker = require('single-file-worker');

function workerRoutine() {
  process.on('message', function(message) {process.send(message + 1)});
}

function clientRoutine(workerMaker) {
  var worker = workerMaker();
  worker.on('message', function(message) {
    console.log(message); // 2
  });
  worker.send(1);
}

SingleFileWorker.fork(workerRoutine, clientRoutine, SingleFileWorker.scriptFilenameFromError(new Error()));

WebWorker (browsers / electron / nw.js):

<script src="single-file-worker.js"></script>
<script>
var workerCode = "self.addEventListener('message', function(event) {self.postMessage(event.data + 1)});";

var runWorker;

function clientRoutine(workerMaker) {
  var worker = workerMaker();
  worker.addEventListener('message', function(event) {
    console.log(event.data); // 2
  });
  worker.postMessage(1);
}

SingleFileWorker.webworker(workerCode, clientRoutine);
</script>

License

This is released under MIT License.