Virtual Assembly for Web Application

Explore the potential of WebAssembly for web applications in this 17-minute conference talk from code::dive 2018. Discover how using assembly-like language as execution source can provide a performance boost compared to JavaScript. Learn about leveraging LLVM as a compiler back-end and using C, C++, or Rust as front-end languages. Gain insights into improving code quality through strongly typed languages. Delve into topics such as accessing the DOM from WebAssembly, shimming between JavaScript and WebAssembly, deploying as an npm package, and implementing multithreading with Web Workers. Conclude with a look at the future of WebAssembly and its potential impact on web development.