WebAssembly Introduction

Agenda (talks start 7.30pm):

1. Thomas Tränkler (15 minutes): Welcome & Introduction
2. Stephan Herhut, Google (30 minutes): From C++ to WebAssembly code
3. Andreas Haas, Google (30 minutes): The internal structure of a WebAssembly module
4. Nidin Vinayakan (30 minutes): Introduction to AssemblyScript
   (talks will be recorded)

Abstract:

1. Thomas Tränkler: Welcome & Introduction
   Welcome and brief intro to the implications of WebAssembly for the web and native code.

2. Stephan Herhut: From C++ to Wasm code
   In this talk, Stephan will show you how C++ code is compiled to WebAssembly.

3. Andreas Haas: The internal structure of a WebAssembly module
   In this talk, Andreas will explain what kind of sections a WebAssembly module contains, and what these sections mean.

4. Nidin Vinayakan: Introduction to AssemblyScript
   In this talk, I will introduce AssemblyScript (AS), a strict subset of TypeScript. AS allows compiling subset of typescript to WebAssembly. I will cover native types of AS and it’s interoperability with JavaScript. Then I will explore available memory allocators for AS.
   Finally introduce how to use shared memory in AS followed by few examples and demos.