Source: thenewstack.io
WebAssembly vs. JavaScript: Security, Speed, Flexibility
Towards the beginning of what is popularly known as the World Wide Web, there was JavaScript. JavaScript has been around since 1995 when https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Eich created the language to support Netscape, the now sadly defunct yet aesthetically pleasing web browser that was revolutionary for its time.
After the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) named it as a web standard in 2019, it has thus become the fourth web standard with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
This integration and use with JavaScript has been a cornerstone of the symbiosis between WebAssembly and JavaScript, especially in the sphere of web applications.
Wasm serves to make JavaScript code more secure when Wasm is used as a “compiler on steroids” with which JavaScript applications can be deployed.
After the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) named it as a web standard in 2019, it has thus become the fourth web standard with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
This integration and use with JavaScript has been a cornerstone of the symbiosis between WebAssembly and JavaScript, especially in the sphere of web applications.
Wasm serves to make JavaScript code more secure when Wasm is used as a “compiler on steroids” with which JavaScript applications can be deployed.
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