1 year ago

WebAssembly (often shortened to Wasm) was built for the web browser. But oftentimes, a technology grows beyond the intentions of its creators.

Code is written in one of the supported languages, compiled to the Wasm format, and then executed in the browser. JavaScript code controls the execution of the Wasm, and can even interact with the Wasm by calling functions inside the Wasm library.

Wasm is going through such a transition now, as we find new applications beyond the Web browser.