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In this course, author Bill Weinman describes how to perform background processing using the Web Workers API in HTML5. Web workers provide background processing for JavaScript, keeping pages responsive while allowing your scripts to run independently. The course demonstrates practical examples for detecting web workers support, setting up workers, implementing shared workers, and handling errors. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:

    Deploying a worker
    Detecting browser support
    Communicating with workers
    Understanding API differences in shared workers