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

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