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Mastering Concurrency and Parallelism in TypeScript

Shafayet Hossain on December 17, 2024

Modern applications demand high performance and responsiveness, requiring developers to master concurrency and parallelism. TypeScript, as a supers...
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Quan Le

Is it possible to do these things in plain JavaScript?

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Shafayet Hossain

Yes, these concepts can be applied in plain JavaScript! TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript, meaning it adds type checking and features like type guards on top of JavaScript's existing functionality. The examples involving Promises, async/await, and Worker Threads work just the same in plain JavaScript. The main advantage of TypeScript is the added type safety, which helps catch errors during development. For instance, Type Guards ensure type correctness at runtime. If you're working on a large-scale project, this can make a significant difference.

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Fernando Ricardo

All JS libraries are written in plain JS

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Glenn Vandeuren

There is almost no typescript involved, except for the private fields, so why does this title include typescript and not JavaScript?

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Shafayet Hossain

Thanks for pointing that out, Glenn! The title focuses on TypeScript because of the type safety and private fields highlighted here. I’ll keep this balance in mind for future posts, appreciate your input!!!😊

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SAMUEL ADENIJI

thank you

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SAMUEL ADENIJI

there is almost a typescript

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Gabriel Carvalho

Interesting, nice article!

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Shafayet Hossain

So happy you liked it! Means a lot😊

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SAMUEL ADENIJI

so happy to see that

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Nozibul Islam

Great article.

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Shafayet Hossain

So happy to hear you enjoyed it!🖤

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Nathaniel

Well Tbh Parallelism isn't really possible with JavaScript/Typescript....you would have to look to languages like C++

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Shafayet Hossain

You're right, Nathaniel! True parallelism isn’t JavaScript/TypeScript’s strong suit since they’re single-threaded by nature. However, we can achieve something close using Web Workers or Node.js Worker Threads for tasks like CPU-intensive operations. It’s not on the same level as C++'s multithreading but works well within JS’s ecosystem...😅

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Hannah

i am prob the girl with the m16 after trying to learn this!

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Shafayet Hossain

Thanks, Hannah! 😄 That’s the spirit of learning something challenging, fighting through it like a pro!!! Keep going, and you’ll be amazed at what you can accomplish...Trust me😉😉