Building Serverless Applications Using Spin and WebAssembly

Overview

Explore serverless application development using Spin and WebAssembly in this comprehensive conference talk. Delve into the fundamentals of WebAssembly, including its bytecode format and language guide, before examining WebAssembly runtimes and Wasi. Learn how to create and define Spin applications, understand Spin triggers, and discover the capabilities and limitations of Spin. Gain hands-on experience through a demo, explore Spin templates, and learn about the Set API. This presentation, delivered at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe, offers valuable insights for developers interested in leveraging WebAssembly for cloud-native applications.

Syllabus

Introduction
What is WebAssembly
WebAssembly bycode format
Language guide
WebAssembly runtimes
Wassi
Spin
Creating a Spin application
Defining a Spin application
JavaScript to Watson
Questions
Spin Trigger
What does Spin do
Known limitations
GitHub
Demo
Set API
Spin Templates
Spin Add
Wrap up