Readers will gain a deep understanding of what WebAssembly is, how it works under the hood, when to use it, and why it improves JavaScript run times. The book's clear prose, illustrations, and examples deconstruct complex topics for programmers of all skill levels. It shows how to expertly optimise and compile low-level code via WebAssembly and it teaches you how to debug, evaluate, and represent your code in human-readable WebAssembly Text format - a skill set that sets users apart from their peers as WebAssembly expands into mobile and desktop apps, servers and other execution environments.

About the Author
Rick Battagline is a game developer and author of Hands-On Game Development with WebAssembly (Packt Publishing, 2019). In 2006 he founded BattleLine Games LLC, an independent game studio focused on web games. Since then, he has written hundreds of games developed in various web technologies including WebAssembly, HTML5, WebGL, JavaScript, TypeScript, ActionScript, and PHP. He's a member of the WebAssembly Community Group, and the AssemblyScript Community Group.

Reviews
"This book is a clear and step-by-step approach to WebAssembly. Rick Battagline is introducing all concepts from the very beginning, with illustrations and examples, so that you can learn progressively-even without any prior knowledge in low level programming. It's a pleasure to read and learn as you go through the chapters. It will be useful for either trying WebAssembly in your app or to get a good understanding before using languages compiling to WebAssembly."
-Florian Rival, The Changelog, creator of the app GDevelop and the game Lil BUB



Book Information
ISBN 9781718501447
Author Rick Battagline
Format Paperback
Page Count 304
Imprint No Starch Press,US
Publisher No Starch Press,US