Binary format for the web
Conclusions
Although more or less integrated and developed, WebAssembly is still at a relatively early stage of its development. Some of the features that the design documents describe are still missing [35]. The producers of browsers and JavaScript engines still have much work to do. However, there are already indications of where the journey could be heading and the plans WebAssembly developers are forging.
Above all, the binary format, combined with the ability to compile almost any C and C++ code (if it is portable) offers many advantages, allowing for more efficient load times than with JavaScript (including asm.js). On the other hand, WebAssembly runs applications regardless of the platform, the browser, and the operating system.
If you want to keep track of development, it's best to visit the project's official website [1] and occasionally look at the Mozilla Developer page [36] or go through the article on Mozilla Hacks [33].
Infos
- WebAssembly: http://webassembly.org
- Emscripten SDK: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/tools_reference/emsdk.html
- Reference for the emcc Emscripten compiler: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/tools_reference/emcc.html
- "Creating and Working with WebAssembly Modules" by Lin Clark: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/02/creating-and-working-with-webassembly-modules/
- CC BY-SA 3.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
- asm.js: http://asmjs.org
- WebAssembly FAQs: http://webassembly.org/docs/faq/
- About Emscripten: http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/introducing_emscripten/about_emscripten.html
- Emscripten documentation: http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/
- WebAssembly demos: http://webassembly.org/demo/
- Roadmap: http://webassembly.org/roadmap/
- WebAssembly W3C Community Group: https://www.w3.org/community/webassembly/
- WebAssembly consensus: https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webassembly/2017Feb/0002.html
- Installing Emscripten SDK: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/getting_started/downloads.html#linux
- Emrun: http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/compiling/Running-html-files-with-emrun.html
- Listings for this article: http://www.linux-magazin.de/static/listings/magazin/2017/07/webassembly/
- Ported projects: https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki/Porting-Examples-and-Demos
- Emscripten API reference: http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/emscripten.h.html
- Filesystem overview: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/porting/files/file_systems_overview.html
- MemFs: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/Filesystem-API.html#filesystem-api-memfs
- node-fs: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/Filesystem-API.html#nodefs
- IDBFS: https://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/api_reference/Filesystem-API.html#filesystem-api-idbfs
- Portability guidelines: http://kripken.github.io/emscripten-site/docs/porting/guidelines/portability_guidelines.html
- WebAssembly Binary Toolkit: https://github.com/WebAssembly/wabt
- Binaryen: https://github.com/WebAssembly/binaryen
- WebAssembly text format: http://webassembly.org/docs/text-format/
- WebAssembly Explorer: https://mbebenita.github.io/WasmExplorer/
- Open Web Platform: https://www.w3.org/wiki/Open_Web_Platform
- WebAssembly text format: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly/Understanding_the_text_format
- Blog post on WebAssembly performance: http://www.stefankrause.net/wp/?p=405
- Computer Language Benchmarks Game: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/nbody.html
- Massive benchmark: http://kripken.github.io/Massive/beta/
- "Why WebAssembly is Faster than asm.js" by Alon Zakai: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2017/03/why-webassembly-is-faster-than-asm-js/
- "A WebAssembly Toolchain Story" by Alon Zakai: http://kripken.github.io/talks/emwasm.html
- Missing features: http://webassembly.org/docs/future-features/
- Mozilla developer site: https://developer.mozilla.org/
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