Hacker’s Guide to Web Assembly

Dive into the world of WebAssembly in this informative conference talk from ACCU 2018. Explore the fundamentals of this low-level binary compile format, designed to be a more efficient compiler target than JavaScript. Discover why WebAssembly is hailed as "the future of the web platform" and learn about its promising features in terms of speed, reusability, and safety. Understand how major browser vendors have collaborated to make WebAssembly a reality, with the MVP already available in major browsers. Gain insights into how WebAssembly works, why it's so fast, and how to build web applications using languages like C, C++, and Rust. Through live demos and coding examples, delve into the core concepts of WebAssembly, its history, applications, and potential impact on web development.