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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Workers: Basic Demo</title>
<script>
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
var worker = new Worker('worker-javascript-file.js');
worker.postMessage('Hello Worker!');
worker.addEventListener('message', function (event) {
console.log(event.data); // will log "Hello Main Window!"
}, false);
}, false);
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
self.addEventListener('message', function (event) {
this.postMessage( event.data.replace('Worker', 'Main Window') );
});
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Won't it output Hello Main Window!?

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rwaldron commented Oct 7, 2010

Yep! thanks dude.

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