WebAssembly: The Definitive Guide

Name: WebAssembly: The Definitive Guide
Author: Brian Sletten

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WebAssembly: The Definitive Guide is a thorough and accessible introduction to one of the most transformative technologies hitting our industry. What started as a way to use languages other than JavaScript in the browser has evolved into a comprehensive path toward portability, performance, increased security, and greater code reuse across an impressive collection of deployment targets.

Author Brian Sletten introduces elements of this technology incrementally while building to several concrete, code-driven examples of practical, cutting-edge WebAssembly uses. Whether you work with enterprise software or embedded systems, or in entertainment, scientific computing, or startup environments, you'll learn how WebAssembly can have a positive impact on the way you develop software.

- Use WebAssembly to increase code portability across platforms
- Reuse more of your software assets in a wider number of deployment targets
- Learn how WebAssembly increases protection against prominent security attacks
- Use WebAssembly to deploy legacy code in web environments
- Increase your user base across languages and development environments
- Integrate JavaScript code with other languages and environments to improve performance, security, and productivity
- Learn how WebAssembly will affect your career as software developer

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ISBN13:9781492089841

Trefwoorden:Softwareontwikkeling, WebAssembly

Taal:Engels

Bindwijze:paperback

Aantal pagina's:400

Uitgever:O'Reilly

Druk:1

Verschijningsdatum:17-12-2021

Hoofdrubriek:IT-management / ICT

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Preface
Conventions Used in This Book
Using Code Examples
O’Reilly Online Learning
How to Contact Us
Acknowledgments

1. Introduction
What WebAssembly Offers
History of the Web
Origins of JavaScript
Evolution of the Web Platform
Native Client (NaCl)
asm.js
Rise of WebAssembly

2. “Hello, World!” (Sort of)
WebAssembly Text Format (Wat)
Converting Wat to Wasm
Running Wasm in a Repl
Running Wasm in the Browser

3. WebAssembly Modules
Module Structure
Exploring Module Sections
Working with Modules
Future ES6 Module Integration

4. WebAssembly Memory
TypedArrays
WebAssembly Memory Instances
Using the WebAssembly Memory API
Strings at Last!

5. Using C/C++ and WebAssembly
Using C Functions
Things Get Complicated
C/C++ and WebAssembly
Finally, “Hello, World!” in WebAssembly

6. Applied WebAssembly: Legacy Code in the Browser
Proper “Hello, World!”
Porting Third-Party Code
libsodium

7. WebAssembly Tables
Static Versus Dynamic Linking
Creating Tables in Modules
Dynamic Linking in WebAssembly

8. WebAssembly in the Server
Native Extensions to Node.js
WebAssembly and Node.js
Supply Chain Attacks
WebAssembly and Deno
A Look Forward

9. Applied WebAssembly: TensorFlow.js
Hardware
Playground
TensorFlow.js
WebAssembly Backend

10. Rust
Introduction to Rust
Rust and WebAssembly
wasm-bindgen
Designing Code for In and Out of the Browser

11. WebAssembly System Interface (WASI)
WebAssembly System Interface (WASI)
Capabilities-Based Security
The Bigger Picture

12. Extending the WebAssembly Platform
WASI Runtimes
Multi-Value Return
Reference Types
Module Linking
Feature Testing
Other Proposals

13. WebAssembly and .NET
.NET and Wasmtime
Blazor
Uno Platform

14. Using AssemblyScript and WebAssembly
“Definitely Not a TypeScript to WebAssembly Compiler”
Simple Example
Garbage Collection and the AssemblyScript Runtime
AssemblyScript Standard Library
AssemblyScript Loader

15. Applied WebAssembly: In the Cloud and on the Edge
A Short, Personal Detour
Our Industry Evolves
Fastly Compute@Edge
Krustlet
Suborbital
WasmEdge
wasmCloud

16. Applied WebAssembly: Decentralized Applications
Centralization Versus Decentralization
From Bitcoin to Ethereum
How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Halting Problem?
ewasm
Polkadot
InterPlanetary File System (IPFS)

17. WebAssembly and Other Languages
TinyGo
Artichoke
Swift
Java
Kotlin
Zig
Grain
And Then?

A. Installing WebAssembly Tools

Index
About the Author