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Learn WebAssembly

You're reading from Learn WebAssembly Build web applications with native performance using Wasm and C/C++

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788997379

Length 328 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Angular

Concepts

Front End Web Development

Author (1):

Mike Rourke

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Table of Contents (12) Chapters

Preface

1. What is WebAssembly?

2. Elements of WebAssembly - Wat, Wasm, and the JavaScript API FREE CHAPTER

3. Setting Up a Development Environment

4. Installing the Required Dependencies

5. Creating and Loading a WebAssembly Module

6. Interacting with JavaScript and Debugging

7. Creating an Application from Scratch

8. Porting a Game with Emscripten

9. Integrating with Node.js

10. Advanced Tools and Upcoming Features

11. Other Books You May Enjoy

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What are the pieces called in Tetris?
What is one reason for choosing not to port an existing C++ code base to Emscripten?
What tool did we use to compile the game natively (for example, to an executable)?
What is the purpose of the constants.h file?
Why were we able to eliminate the SDL2_ttf library?
Which Emscripten function did we use to start running the game?
Which argument did we add to the emcc command to build the game and what purpose does it serve?
What advantage does emrun offer over a tool like serve and Browsersync?

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Authors (1)

Rourke

Rourke

Mike Rourke is a software engineer based in Chicago who works primarily with web technologies and the Node.js ecosystem. He has been writing code for over 10 years. Mike started out writing VB and switched to JavaScript about 2 years ago. He loves all aspects of programming and spends most of his free time learning new technologies and improving his skills.

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