# Using web workers with Angular CLI
# 通过 Angular CLI 使用 Web Worker
[Web workers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API) allow you to run CPU intensive computations in a background thread, freeing the main thread to update the user interface.
[Web Workers](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API) 允许你在后台线程中运行 CPU 密集型计算,解放主线程,以便更新用户界面。
If you find your application becomes unresponsive while processing data, using web workers can help.
如果你发现你的应用在处理数据时停止了响应,那么使用 Web Workers 可以为你提供帮助。
## Adding a web worker
## 添加一个 Web Worker
You can add a web worker anywhere in your application. If the file that contains your expensive computation is `src/app/app.component.ts`, you can add a web worker using `ng generate web-worker app`.
你可以在应用中的任何地方添加一个 Web Worker。假设包含沉重计算工作的文件是 `src/app/app.component.ts`,你可以使用 `ng generate web-worker app` 新增一个 Web Worker。
Running this command will:
运行这个命令会:
- configure your project to use web workers, if it isn't already.
把你的项目配置成使用 Web Workers 的(如果尚未配置过)。
- add `src/app/app.worker.ts` with scaffolded code to receive messages:
添加 `src/app/app.worker.ts` 文件,并添加用于接收消息的脚手架代码:
addEventListener('message', ({ data }) => {
const response = `worker response to ${data}`;
postMessage(response);
});
- add scaffolded code to `src/app/app.component.ts` to use the worker:
往 `src/app/app.component.ts` 中添加使用该 worker 的脚手架代码:
if (typeof Worker !== 'undefined') {
// Create a new
const worker = new Worker('./app.worker', { type: 'module' });
worker.onmessage = ({ data }) => {
console.log(`page got message: ${data}`);
};
worker.postMessage('hello');
} else {
// Web workers are not supported in this environment.
// You should add a fallback so that your program still executes correctly.
}
After the initial scaffolding, you will need to refactor your code to use the web worker by sending messages to and from.
在完成了最初的脚手架之后,你需要重构代码,通过来回发送消息来使用 Web Worker。
## Caveats
## 警告
There are two important things to keep in mind when using web workers in Angular projects:
在 Angular 项目中使用 Web Workers 时,要记住两个重要事项:
- Some environments or platforms, like `@angular/platform-server` used in [Server-side Rendering](guide/universal), don't support web workers. You have to provide a fallback mechanism to perform the computations that the worker would perform to ensure your application will work in these environments.
某些环境或平台(比如[服务端渲染](guide/universal)中使用的 `@angular/platform-server` 不支持 Web Workers。你必须提供一个后备机制来执行 Worker 要执行的计算,以确保你的应用能在那些环境中运行。
- Running Angular itself in a web worker via [**@angular/platform-webworker**](api/platform-webworker) is not yet supported in Angular CLI.
Angular CLI 尚不支持通过 [**@angular/platform-webworker**](api/platform-webworker)在 Web Worker 中运行 Angular 自身。