Why Developers Are Excited About WASM (WebAssembly) Beyond the Browser

Introduction WebAssembly (WASM) has been making waves in the software engineering world since its debut in web browsers. Originally designed as a portable binary instruction format for safe and efficient execution on the web, WASM is now breaking out of the browser and redefining how we think about Software deployment and performance. What is WebAssembly (WASM)? WASM is a low-level, assembly-like language with a compact binary format. It runs at near-native speed and is designed to be a compilation target for a variety of programming languages, including C/C++, Rust, Go, and more. Its primary mission was to enable high-performance applications in the browser (think: games, emulato ...