/webAssembly-poc

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Web Assembly PoC

Web Assembly PoC using AssemblyScript.

Running

  • Compile AssemblyScript using npm run asbuild
  • Start web server with npm run start

Adding code

  • Change assembly/index.ts to add more web assembly code
  • Change index.html to use functions from web assembly

Knowledge

  • WebAssembly is a lightweight, fast, safe, and polyglot “container” for functions.

    • It's portable and can run in different architectures

  • .wat is the textual webAssembly output

  • .wasm is the binary webAssembly output

  • Kevin Hoffman — Building a Containerless Future with WebAssembly

  • WebAssembly Runtimes:

    • wasmtime
    • wasmer
    • WasmEdge runtime - Cloud Native web assembly runtime
    • WasmCloud - WebAssembly application framework
    • Wasm-micro-runtime (WAMR) - optimized for smaller embedded devices.
    • Others