[bsuvc]

> many webdevs just have no clue what a thread is, because generally, they don't need it, so it isn't taught

JavaScript doesn't have threads.

[soulofmischief]

Parent commenter helped implement async in JS, they know what they are talking about. JS has threads locked behind semantics. Web workers run on separate threads. I do a lot of heavy parallel processing that never blocks the UI with them all the time.

[bsuvc]

I stand corrected.

It looks like web workers is the way for JavaScript to do multi-threading.

Async has always been enough for what I need to do in the front end, as most of my long running processes are just calling a back end.

Edit to add: for context, I am a full stack developer and know what threads are... I just never have needed them in the browser.

[Retr0id]

This is not meaningfully true in 2024

[Retr0id]

*2025 (although still true of 2024 and several preceding years, heh)