Uncaught ReferenceError: importScripts is not defined

Question

Why do I keep getting this error?

I should be able to use this global function right?

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/workers/basics/

I\'m usi

Answer 1

This code needs to be inside a worker script. The worker itself is created via a new Worker object - see Getting Started in the tutorial.

The code you've linked is inside the worker created here.