Combine browserify and WebWorker - javascript

I'm using browserify to pack my app and use js files as modules.
Now I want to use a webworker to upload a very big file on the background.
The problem I have is that to create this worker the instruction
new Worker('./worker.js')
must receive the name of a js file. So that this file cannot be a module. I think that this makes my app much more complicated, because now I have to combine two ways of using js files.
On the other hand, I'm interested in accessing a browserify module from this worker too.
So the question is, Which is the best way of using browserify and web workers together?


You can use webworkify to handle this

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