WebAssembly and the Death of JavaScript

For more than 20 years JavaScript has been the only ’native’ language of the web. That’s all changed with the release of WebAssembly. This talk will look at what WebAssembly is, why it matters and crucially what it means for JavaScript and the future of web development. JavaScript brought interactivity to the web more than 20 years ago, and despite numerous challengers, it is still the only language supported by browser. However, as those 20 years have passed we’ve moved from adding a little interactivity to largely static sites, to creating complex JavaScript-heavy single page applications. Throughout this journey, the way we use JavaScript itself has also changed. Gone are the days of writing simple code snippets that are run directly in the browser. Nowadays we transpile, minify, tree-s ... #webassembly # #what_is_webassembly #javascript #real-time_apps #real-time_platform #real-time_infrastructure #developer_tools #real-time_API_and_libraries 20180801 3LWgbjVWLug