backgroundify
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Use separate node processes to run long synchronous functions
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Backgroundify
Execute long synchronous functions in background node processes.
Sometimes you have a big long synchronous function (e.g. JavaScript compilation using UglifyJS) but you don't want it locking up the main thread of your node application.
Use backgroundify to move that function onto a background process.
Usage
backgroundify(pathToModule[, processTitle, numProcesses ])
- pathToModule is evaluated relative to the file in which backgroundify is required
- numProcess defaults to
max(1, numCpus - 1)
// fn.js
module.exports = function(input){
// do your synchronous stuff
return output;
};
var backgroundify = requlre('backgroundify');
// Execute './path/to/fn' on up to 4 concurrent background processes
var fn = backgroundify('./path/to/fn', 'optional-process-title', 4);
fn(input, function(err, output){
// if fn.js throws an error, err is set to that, otherwise null
// output is whatever fn.js outputs
});