Let's go to low-level memory stuff! This chapter is going to be a bit advanced, but interesting. I'll try to make it as simple and understandable as possible.
With that out of the way, let's get to what we've FINALLY in JavaScript! Low-level memory access, multi-threading, atomics, shared memory, and all that cool and powerful stuff. But, as someone said, with great power comes great responsibility. Let's go!
We'll cover the following things in this chapter:
- Basics of memory management in computers
- What is shared memory?
- Using SharedArrayBuffer
- Introduction to parallel programming
- Problems when multiple threads access one memory location
- What are atomics?
- Performing atomic operations
- Atomic APIs in JavaScript
