Sorting 50K Array, HTML5 Web Worker Demo
Sorting 50K Array with Bubble Sort
Sorting 50K Array, HTML5 Web Worker Demo launched on October 28, 2016 with 88 votes, #478 of 3,690 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
In plain words
This is an HTML5 demonstration of sorting a 50,000-item array using bubble sort with Web Workers. It shows how Web Workers allow browsers to perform heavy computational tasks in the background without freezing the user interface. The demo illustrates the difference between sorting with and without Web Workers, displaying an animated progress bar that updates in real time only when the sorting runs on a separate thread, enabling users to interact with the browser simultaneously.
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From the sources
As you can see, without Web Worker, your browser maybe able to sort the 50K Array but you can't work with your browser while sorting and also your browser won't render anything until sorting ends, that's why you can't see the animated progress bar in the page. Your browser sorted 50K Array without any crash or lagging, because your browser supports Web Worker. When you do a job with Web Worker, it's just like when you run a program in another thread. Also you can see the animated progress bar whilefrom afshinm.github.io
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