Consistently responsive apps while staying on the main thread

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  • main-thread-scheduling

    Fast and consistently responsive apps using a single function call

    For the past 11 months, I've been working on a very easy-to-use alternative to Web Workers. It's a way to schedule long-running, heavy tasks on the main thread. React has such implementation internally. Browsers are planning to add such functionality in the future.

  • promise-workers

    Here are a couple attempts at doing just that.

  • SurveyJS

    Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  • workerize

    🏗️ Run a module in a Web Worker.

    Here are a couple attempts at doing just that.

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