WebAssembly and the future of the web platform

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WebAssembly as a new web standard and how it will change how web applications are built, focusing on a concrete porting effort: bringing the Mono .NET runtime to run on WebAssembly. The talk covers the technologies involved (WebAssembly and the Mono runtime/.NET), the porting process, and the trade-offs encountered when adapting a VM/runtime (garbage collector, compiler, sandboxing) to the WebAssembly environment.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 2:03Web platform history
3. 7:28Motivations for WebAssembly
4. 12:32What is WebAssembly
5. 17:27Standardization and adoption
6. 21:17Supported languages
7. 22:49Mono in browser experience
8. 31:51Mobile and cross-platform apps
9. 36:13Demo: Mono in browser
10. 44:11Future and possibilities
11. 47:17Q&A

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