

It confirmed that my assumption on what WebAssmebly was was true. I found that her intro was pretty useful. I recall that Lin Clark produced some pretty good content on WebAssmebly so I decided to see if her introductory article would be a little bit more helpful.

I did some snooping around to see if I could find an explainer article that was a little bit more approach. This description was definitely not written for people who wanted to learn about WebAssembly in a hurry. Wasm is designed as a portable target for compilation of high-level languages like C/C++/Rust, enabling deployment on the web for client and server applications. WebAssembly (abbreviated Wasm) is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. The WebAssembly homepage provides this description: So, why the heck is everyone talking about WebAssembly?Īnswering "What?" is usually a good place to start when trying to figure out anything new. That being said, I've never really taken the time to dive into the technology and really understand what all the enthusiasm was about. I've skimmed through the WebAssembly website and even attended a talk on WebAssembly at a conference once. I've heard a lot of chatter about WebAssembly over the past couple of years. But, it's a new year, so it's the perfect time to break vicious cycles.Įarlier today, I saw a tweet about WebAssembly. I see things come up on Twitter, I see people talk about it, I add it to my list of things tto learn, and then I never get around to it.

I do a terrible job of staying up to date on the latest tech.
