WebAssembly in action : with examples using C++ and Emscripten / Gerard Gallant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallant, C. Gerard, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Web site development--Computer programs.

Web site development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Shelter Island, NY : Manning Publications, [2019]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

WebAssembly in Action teaches you how to write and run high-performance browser-based applications using C++ and other languages supported by WebAssembly. In it, you’ll learn to create native WebAssembly modules, interact with JavaScript components, and maximize performance with web workers and pthreads. And you’ll love how the clearly organized sections make it a breeze to find the important details about every function, feature, and technique.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright

Brief Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About this Book

About the Author

About the Cover Illustration

Part 1. First steps

Chapter 1. Meet WebAssembly

1.1. What is WebAssembly?

1.2. What problems does it solve?

1.3. How does it work?

1.4. Structure of a WebAssembly module

1.5. WebAssembly text format

1.6. How is WebAssembly secure?

1.7. What languages can I use to create a WebAssembly module?

1.8. Where can I use my module?

Summary

Chapter 2. A look inside WebAssembly modules

2.1. Known sections

2.2. Custom sections

Chapter 3. Creating your first WebAssembly module

3.1. The Emscripten toolkit

3.2. WebAssembly modules

3.3. Emscripten output options

3.4. Compiling C or C++ with Emscripten and using the HTML template

3.5. Having Emscripten generate the JavaScript plumbing code

3.6. Having Emscripten generate only the WebAssembly file

3.7. Feature detection: How to test if WebAssembly is available

Real-world use cases

Exercises

Part 2. Working with modules

Chapter 4. Reusing your existing C++ codebase

4.1. Using C or C++ to create a module with Emscripten plumbing

4.2. Using C or C++ to create a module without Emscripten

Chapter 5. Creating a WebAssembly module that calls into JavaScript

5.1. Using C or C++ to create a module with Emscripten plumbing

5.2. Using C or C++ to create a module without Emscripten plumbing

Chapter 6. Creating a WebAssembly module that talks to JavaScript using function pointers

6.1. Using C or C++ to create a module with Emscripten plumbing

6.2. Using C or C++ to create a module without Emscripten plumbing

Exercises.

Summary

Part 3. Advanced topics

Chapter 7. Dynamic linking: The basics

7.1. Dynamic linking: Pros and cons

7.2. Dynamic linking options

7.3. Dynamic linking review

Chapter 8. Dynamic linking: The implementation

8.1. Creating the WebAssembly modules

8.2. Adjusting the web page

Chapter 9. Threading: Web workers and pthreads

9.1. Benefits of web workers

9.2. Considerations for using web workers

9.3. Prefetching a WebAssembly module using a web worker

9.4. Using pthreads

Chapter 10. WebAssembly modules in Node.js

10.1. Revisiting what you know

10.2. Server-side validation

10.3. Working with Emscripten-built modules

10.4. Using the WebAssembly JavaScript API

Part 4. Debugging and testing

Chapter 11. WebAssembly text format

11.1. Creating the game's core logic using WebAssembly text format

11.2. Generating a WebAssembly module from the text format

11.3. The Emscripten-generated module

11.4. Creating the HTML and JavaScript files

11.5. Viewing the results

Chapter 12. Debugging

12.1. Extending the game

12.2. Adjusting the HTML

12.3. Displaying the number of tries

12.4. Incrementing the number of tries

12.5. Updating the summary screen

Chapter 13. Testing-and then what?

13.1. Installing the JavaScript testing framework

13.2. Creating and running tests

13.3. Where do you go from here?

Appendix A. Installation and tool setup

A.1. Python

A.2. Emscripten

A.3. Node.js

A.4. WebAssembly Binary Toolkit

A.5. Bootstrap.

Appendix B. ccall, cwrap, and direct function calls

B.1. ccall

B.2. cwrap

B.3. Direct function calls

B.4. Passing an array to a module

Appendix C. Emscripten macros

C.1. emscripten_run_script macros

C.2. EM_JS macros

C.3. EM_ASM macros

Appendix D. Exercise solutions

D.1. Chapter 3

D.2. Chapter 4

D.3. Chapter 5

D.4. Chapter 6

D.5. Chapter 7

D.6. Chapter 8

D.7. Chapter 9

D.8. Chapter 10

D.9. Chapter 11

D.10. Chapter 12

D.11. Chapter 13

Appendix E. Text format extras

E.1. Control flow statements

E.2. Function pointers

WebAssembly in Action

Index

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Listings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781638355304

1638355304

9781617295744

1617295744

OCLC:

1139722844