React Day Berlin

React Day Berlin 2023

WebAssembly is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine, enabling deployment of code in languages like Go, Rust, or C++ to run in the browser. It allows for efficient image compression algorithms and whole runtimes like Node.js in the browser. WebAssembly provides a capability-based security layer and eliminates the need to worry about server setup. It is already being used by well-known organizations and platforms, and continues to evolve with upcoming features such as a component model, neural network capabilities, garbage collection, and multithreading. WebAssembly modules can be used in React and as a server tool.

Hold on, WebAssembly on the server?! I thought it was for browser! In this talk, we'll explore the benefits of using low-level languages on the server-side, and the different possibilities that WebAssembly provides for building high-performance web applications. We'll dive into different providers for WebAssembly functions, as well as practical use cases for integrating WebAssembly with React. By the end of this talk, you'll walk away with a deeper understanding of how server-side WebAssembly and React can be used together. You'll also gain practical insights into how to use low-level languages on the server-side, and tips for overcoming common challenges when integrating WebAssembly with React.

WebAssembly and React: A New Era of High-Performance Web Applications

Carmen Huidobro

React Summit

React Summit 2023

WebAssembly is a fast, secure, and portable technology that challenges JavaScript's dominance on the web. It allows for the use of legacy code and expands the scope of functions that can be performed on various devices. WebAssembly can be used for image processing and machine learning, and it has potential applications in UI component libraries. Startups are already incorporating WebAssembly into their web applications, and optimization and performance are key advantages of this technology.

WASM has taken over the web-development scene in the past few years. It is a language that can be run by the web platform alongside with Javascript. Being treated as a target language, a variety of low-level, statically-typed languages such as C++ and Rust can be compiled to WASM. Thus, a variety of complex, computationally intense applications can now be tackled through readily available web applications. Demos of 2 such applications are shown in the presentation and a side-to-side comparison is done next to JS code.

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