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runAsync

JS TODO

Runs a function in a separate thread by using a Web Worker, allowing long running functions to not block the UI.

Create a new Worker using a Blob object URL, the contents of which should be the stringified version of the supplied function. Immediately post the return value of calling the function back. Return a promise, listening for onmessage and onerror events and resolving the data posted back from the worker, or throwing an error.

const runAsync = (fn) => {
const worker = new Worker(
URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([`postMessage((${fn})());`]), {
type: "application/javascript; charset=utf-8",
})
);
return new Promise((res, rej) => {
worker.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
res(data), worker.terminate();
};
worker.onerror = (err) => {
rej(err), worker.terminate();
};
});
};
const longRunningFunction = () => {
let result = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++)
for (let j = 0; j < 700; j++)
for (let k = 0; k < 300; k++) result = result + i + j + k;

return result;
};
/*
NOTE: Since the function is running in a different context, closures are not supported.
The function supplied to `runAsync` gets stringified, so everything becomes literal.
All variables and functions must be defined inside.
*/
runAsync(longRunningFunction).then(console.log); // 209685000000
runAsync(() => 10 ** 3).then(console.log); // 1000
let outsideVariable = 50;
runAsync(() => typeof outsideVariable).then(console.log); // 'undefined'