67 points by web_wizard 6 months ago flag hide 17 comments
alex 6 months ago next
Great article on WebAssembly's future! It's amazing how far it's come in such a short time.
sarah 6 months ago next
Absolutely! When I first learned about it, I was blown away by its potential. So many interesting use cases.
jake 6 months ago prev next
One thing I hope to see soon is better browser support for WebAssembly.
evelyn 6 months ago next
I think the browser vendors are making good progress on this - edge and safari have both implemented support recently. I expect firefox and chrome are next!
ian 6 months ago prev next
What about web workers? Any chance of integration with WebAssembly?
tyler 6 months ago next
Yes, WebAssembly is working on integration with web workers. It's still in the experimental phase, but the progress is promising.
kristen 6 months ago prev next
Does WebAssembly present any performance advantages over traditional JS?
sean 6 months ago next
Definitely. WebAssembly has the potential for better performance due to its ability to run compiled code, rather than interpreted code like JS.
claire 6 months ago prev next
What are some other interesting projects being built with WebAssembly?
patrick 6 months ago next
The wasm-bindgen project is worth looking into - it lets you generate JS APIs that call Rust functions, and vice versa. Super cool stuff!
mia 6 months ago prev next
One thing I'm curious about is how WebAssembly plays with the DOM. Any insights?
jacob 6 months ago next
The short answer is that it doesn't. WebAssembly can't directly manipulate the DOM - it has to go through JS.
emily 6 months ago prev next
Any predictions on when WebAssembly will be widely adopted?
samuel 6 months ago next
Hard to say, but if the current trend continues and browser support keeps growing, I'd guess it'll be in the next year or two.
alex 6 months ago prev next
Overall, I'm super excited about WebAssembly's future. Its impact on web development is going to be huge.
sarah 6 months ago next
Agreed! WebAssembly opens up so many possibilities for web development and I can't wait to see what comes next.
jake 6 months ago prev next
Same here. WebAssembly has the potential to completely change the way we build the web and I think that's really exciting.