What JavaScript developers should know about WebAssembly

For a while, I wasn't sure if WebAssembly was just meant for C and Rust developers, or if it had value for JavaScript developers. To understand how it could fit into my workflow, I had to see what problem it solved. In this video, I walk through a basic example of how a function written in Rust and compiled to WASM can speed up my application.

Rust-wasm starter pack:

What makes WebAssembly fast:

Crash course in Just-in-time Compillers

[srthak]

Thanks for the visual example on how fast WASM can be!

[nickanna]

Was the rust code running on the node backend or in the browser?