WebAssembly and the Death of JavaScript - JS Monthly - February 2018

WebAssembly and the future of JavaScript - Colin Eberhardt For more than 20 years JavaScript has been the only ’native’ language of the web. That’s all changed with the release of WebAssembly. This talk will look at what WebAssembly is, why it matters and crucially what it means for JavaScript and the future of web development. JavaScript brought interactivity to the web more than 20 years ago, and despite numerous challenges, it is still the only language supported by the browser. However, as those 20 yea