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# rollup-plugin-off-main-thread | |
Use Rollup with workers and ES6 modules _today_. | |
``` | |
$ npm install --save @surma/rollup-plugin-off-main-thread | |
``` | |
Workers are JavaScript’s version of threads. [Workers are important to use][when workers] as the main thread is already overloaded, especially on slower or older devices. | |
This plugin takes care of shimming module support in workers and allows you to use `new Worker()`. | |
OMT is the result of merging loadz0r and workz0r. | |
## Usage | |
I set up [a gist] to show a full setup with OMT. | |
### Config | |
```js | |
// rollup.config.js | |
import OMT from "@surma/rollup-plugin-off-main-thread"; | |
export default { | |
input: ["src/main.js"], | |
output: { | |
dir: "dist", | |
// You _must_ use either “amd” or “esm” as your format. | |
// But note that only very few browsers have native support for | |
// modules in workers. | |
format: "amd" | |
}, | |
plugins: [OMT()] | |
}; | |
``` | |
### Auto bundling | |
In your project's code use a module-relative path via `new URL` to include a Worker: | |
```js | |
const worker = new Worker(new URL("worker.js", import.meta.url), { | |
type: "module" | |
}); | |
``` | |
This will just work. | |
If required, the plugin also supports plain literal paths: | |
```js | |
const worker = new Worker("./worker.js", { type: "module" }); | |
``` | |
However, those are less portable: in Rollup they would result in module-relative | |
path, but if used directly in the browser, they'll be relative to the document | |
URL instead. | |
Hence, they're deprecated and `new URL` pattern is encouraged instead for portability. | |
### Importing workers as URLs | |
If your worker constructor doesn't match `workerRegexp` (see options below), you might find it easier to import the worker as a URL. In your project's code: | |
```js | |
import workerURL from "omt:./worker.js"; | |
import paintWorkletURL from "omt:./paint-worklet.js"; | |
const worker = new Worker(workerURL, { name: "main-worker" }); | |
CSS.paintWorklet.addModule(paintWorkletURL); | |
``` | |
`./worker.js` and `./paint-worklet.js` will be added to the output as chunks. | |
## Options | |
```js | |
{ | |
// ... | |
plugins: [OMT(options)]; | |
} | |
``` | |
- `loader`: A string containing the EJS template for the amd loader. If `undefined`, OMT will use `loader.ejs`. | |
- `useEval`: Use `fetch()` + `eval()` to load dependencies instead of `<script>` tags and `importScripts()`. _This is not CSP compliant, but is required if you want to use dynamic imports in ServiceWorker_. | |
- `workerRegexp`: A RegExp to find `new Workers()` calls. The second capture group _must_ capture the provided file name without the quotes. | |
- `amdFunctionName`: Function name to use instead of AMD’s `define`. | |
- `prependLoader`: A function that determines whether the loader code should be prepended to a certain chunk. Should return true if the load is suppsoed to be prepended. | |
- `urlLoaderScheme`: Scheme to use when importing workers as URLs. If `undefined`, OMT will use `"omt"`. | |
[when workers]: https://dassur.ma/things/when-workers | |
[a gist]: https://gist.github.com/surma/a02db7b53eb3e7870bf539b906ff6ff6 | |
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License Apache-2.0 | |