imclab / node-worker

An implementation of the WebWorker API for node.js

node-worker - 0.0.1

node-worker is an implementation of the WebWorker API for node.js. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-workers/current-work/

Example

var Worker = require("../lib/worker").Worker;

var worker = new Worker("worker.js");

worker.postMessage({
  hello: "world"
});

worker.onmessage = function (msg) {
  sys.puts(msg.hello);
};

worker.addListener("message", function (msg) {
  sys.puts(msg.hello);
  worker.terminate();
});

// Optional, if you want to be notified when a worker child exits
worker.addListener('close', function(code) {
  sys.puts('Worker exited with exit code ' + code);
});

Example Worker File

var worker = require("worker").worker;

worker.onmessage = function (msg) {
  worker.postMessage({
    hello: "mother"
  });
};