Node.js multithreading with worker threads series: worker_threads tutorial
Multi-threading can offer substantial performance improvements for CPU-bound workflows by allowing arbitrary work to be performed in parallel. Although Node.js doesn’t offer real multi-threading, you can create something similar with the worker threads module. This article will explain what it does, and show how to use it in a few real-world applications.
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