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What's WebAssembly?

WebAssembly is an experimental technology that allows developers to build really fast web applications that run in your browser.

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Mar 06, 2024
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The TL;DR

WebAssembly is an experimental technology that allows developers to build really fast web applications that run in your browser.

  • You can write whatever programming language you want on your server: but only JavaScript runs in the browser

  • JavaScript is great, but it can have performance limitations; other languages are usually faster for specific …

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