WebAssembly for the rest of us
summary
WebAssembly compiles C, C++ and Rust to a compact binary module (magic header "\0asm" plus version 1) that parses faster and yields near‑native code; shipping both asm.js and WebAssembly covers older browsers now. Use Emscripten (emcc) / LLVM to produce modules, with examples running 3D demos and ports of native libraries like DICOM viewers and physics engines. Future additions target threads and SIMD for parallel and vector math and direct Web API bindings to avoid slow JS roundtrips.
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chapters (11)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:56What is WebAssembly
- 5:36History of JavaScript engines
- 10:57ASM.js and its limitations
- 17:02Why WebAssembly matters
- 18:10Use cases for WebAssembly
- 20:56Compiling to WebAssembly
- 28:03Running WebAssembly in browser
- 29:10Demo of WebAssembly
- 30:58Future of WebAssembly
- 34:35Q&A
