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Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread

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Subject Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread
From "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net>
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Date 2016-09-16 17:43 +0200
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georgkothmeier@gmail.com wrote on 16 Sep 2016 in comp.lang.javascript:

> Hey!

A good afternoon to you too.

> I wonder if it is possible to parse a javascript file off the main
> thread. If it is possible, is it possible across all modern browsers? 

What does "parse a javascript file off the main thread" mean [to you]?

> Our use-case is a 25mb (6 mb gzipped) Unity-asm.js-export of a game. If
> the Unity-asm.js-source is parsed the whole browser freezes.

Which browser? Is the browser doing this "parsing"?

A "js-script" being a script, what is a "js-source"?

Do you mean "compiling" by "parsing"?

> Which is
> not a nice UX. The loading and parsing wouldn't be a problem because we
> do it in background but the freezing of the whole UI is a big problem. 
> 
> I know Unity is not really "web-ready" but we have to deal with it
> because we have a quite huge code base written in Unity. As a technical
> detail, Unity loads the 25mb JavaScript via a blob: URL. Don't know if
> this makes a difference for my question. 
> 
> Are there any ways around? Would it also be possible to cache the byte
> code of the parsed script somehow? 
> 
> Thanks a lot for your ideas
> 



-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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Parsing javascript file off the main thread georgkothmeier@gmail.com - 2016-09-16 06:29 -0700
  Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-09-16 17:43 +0200
    Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Georg Kothmeier <georgkothmeier@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 16:16 -0700
    Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Georg Kothmeier <georgkothmeier@gmail.com> - 2016-09-16 16:18 -0700
      Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-09-17 10:47 +0200
  Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-18 10:55 -0700
    Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Georg Kothmeier <georgkothmeier@gmail.com> - 2016-09-19 00:28 -0700
      Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-19 08:15 -0700
        Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-19 19:46 +0200
          Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-19 11:00 -0700
            Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-19 20:42 +0200
              Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-19 11:53 -0700
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-20 00:01 +0200
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-20 12:02 -0700
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-20 21:26 +0200
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-20 17:38 -0700
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-22 06:46 +0200
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-22 05:53 -0700
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2016-09-23 02:42 +0200
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-23 09:29 -0700
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2016-09-20 12:00 -0700
                Re: Parsing javascript file off the main thread Scott Sauyet <scott@sauyet.com> - 2016-09-21 02:24 +0000

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