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Why WebAssembly Is Important - Use Cases - Introduction to WebAssembly

Chris Hay via YouTube

Overview

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Explore the importance and potential impact of WebAssembly (WASM) in this comprehensive 30-minute video. Discover how WASM addresses challenges in both browser and backend environments, and why it's poised to succeed where previous browser plugins failed. Learn about WASM's performance advantages over JavaScript, its interoperability with ES6 modules, and its potential as a hybrid approach. Delve into topics such as leveraging legacy codebases, WASM's role as a future container technology, and its sandboxing and security features. Examine WASM's potential as an integration platform, its applications in e-commerce and banking, and how it compares to Docker. Finally, investigate WASM's use at the edge, including CDNs and edge devices, to gain a thorough understanding of this transformative technology.

Syllabus

- Intro
- Browser Plugins
- WASM vs Javascript
- WebAssembly Performance
- WebAssembly Modules and ES6 Modules Interoperability
- WebAssembly and JavaScript as a hybrid approach
- Harvesting Legacy Codebases C,C++,emscriptem
- WebAssembly as the containers of the future
- WebAssembly Sandboxing and Security
- WebAsssembly as the integration platform of the future
- WebAssembly in ECommerce Shopify
- WebAssembly and Banking
- Docker vs WASM
- WebAssembly at Edge CDN's, Edge Devices
- Conclusion

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Chris Hay

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