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Practical WebAssembly

You're reading from   Practical WebAssembly Explore the fundamentals of WebAssembly programming using Rust

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838828004
Length 232 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Sendil Kumar Nellaiyapen Sendil Kumar Nellaiyapen
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Introduction to WebAssembly
2. Chapter 1: Understanding LLVM FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Understanding Emscripten 4. Chapter 3: Exploring WebAssembly Modules 5. Section 2: WebAssembly Tools
6. Chapter 4: Understanding WebAssembly Binary Toolkit 7. Chapter 5: Understanding Sections in WebAssembly Modules 8. Chapter 6: Installing and Using Binaryen 9. Section 3: Rust and WebAssembly
10. Chapter 7: Integrating Rust with WebAssembly 11. Chapter 8: Bundling WebAssembly Using wasm-pack 12. Chapter 9: Crossing the Boundary between Rust and WebAssembly 13. Chapter 10: Optimizing Rust and WebAssembly 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

wasm2js

The wasm2js tool converts WASM/WAST files into JavaScript files. Let's look at the steps:

  1. Create a file called add-with-export.wast:
    $ touch add-with-export.wast

Then, add the following code:

(module
    (export "add" (func $add))
    (func $add (param $x i32) (param $y i32) 
      (result i32)
        (i32.add
            (local.get $x)
            (local.get $y)
        )
    )
)
  1. In order to convert the WebAssembly text format into JavaScript using wasm2js, run the following command:
    $ /path/to/build/directory/of/binaryen/wasm2js add-
      with-export.wast

This will print out the generated JavaScript:

function asmFunc(global, env) ...
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