Chapter 10. WebAssembly modules in Node.js

This chapter covers

  • Loading a WebAssembly module using Emscripten’s generated JavaScript code
  • Using the WebAssembly JavaScript API to load a WebAssembly module
  • Working with WebAssembly modules that call into JavaScript directly
  • Working with WebAssembly modules that use function pointers to call into JavaScript

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use WebAssembly modules in Node.js. Node.js has some differences compared with a browser—for example, having no GUI—but, when working with WebAssembly modules, there are a lot of similarities between the JavaScript needed in a browser and in Node.js. Even with these similarities, however, it’s recommended that you test your WebAssembly module in Node.js ...

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