WasmEdge

Containerization on the edge

This work is supported by Second State and FutureWei based on Open Source projects WasmEdge and seL4. Application containers, such as Docker, are a key driving force behind the growth of Cloud Native applications. However, while the Cloud-Native development paradigm has proven very popular, it is difficult to expand the Cloud-Native infrastructure beyond large data centers since application containers require significant amounts of computing resources. For example, Docker does not support real-time operating systems (RTOS) and only works on POSIX systems.…

Multiple Remotely Based Job Openings

Second State‘s open source WebAssembly runtime WasmEdge has been hosted as a sandbox project by CNCF under the Linux Foundation, the only Wasm runtime at CNCF. Its use cases include serverless apps, embedded functions, microservices, smart contracts, and IoT devices. Two decades ago, we witnessed the migration of Java from the browser to the server side. A decade ago, we saw the migration of JavaScript from the browser to the server.…

Calling native functions from JavaScript

WasmEdge enables JavaScript to call native functions in shared libraries. In my previous articles, I explained why and how to run JavaScript programs in a WebAssembly sandbox. I also discussed how to create custom JavaScript APIs for WasmEdge using Rust. However, in order to fully access the underlying system's OS and hardware features, we sometimes need to create JavaScript APIs for C-based native functions. That is, when a JavaScript program calls the pre-defined function, WasmEdge will pass it to a native shared library on the OS for execution.…

Creating high-performance JavaScript APIs using Rust

WasmEdge brings together Rust’s performance and JavaScript’s ease of use In my previous article, I discussed how to embed JavaScript code into a Rust program. However, for JavaScript developers, the need is often the opposite – to incorporate Rust functions into JavaScript APIs. That enables developers to write programs in “pure JavaScript” and yet still take advantage of the high performance Rust functions. With the WasmEdge Runtime, you can do exactly that.…

Incorporating JavaScript into a Rust app

WasmEdge brings together Rust’s performance and JavaScript’s ease of use In my previous article, I discussed how to run JavaScript programs in a WebAssembly sandbox. The WasmEdge runtime provides a lightweight, high-performance, and OCI compliant “container” for cloud-native JavaScript applications. However, JavaScript is a “slow” language. The reason to use JavaScript is mostly due to its ease of use and developer productivity, especially for beginner developers. WebAssembly, on the other hand, is capable of running high-performance applications written in languages such as Rust.…

WebAssembly Serverless Functions in AWS Lambda

Serverless functions save developers a ton of trouble managing the backend infrastructure. It also simplifies the development process as developers only need to focus on the business logic. This article is a step-by-step guide on how to write and deploy your own WebAssembly serverless functions on AWS Lambda, Amazon's serverless computing platform. In our demo, WebAssembly functions are executed with the WasmEdge runtime. The figure below shows the overall architecture of our solution.…

😎 WasmEdge 0.8.2 is released. Networking support, Rust SDK, better compatibility and more.

WasmEdge 0.8.2 is finally released. Better cross-platform compatibility. Run WasmEdge applications on Mac OS X (Intel & M1), Windows 10, as well as IoT devices with ARM 32-bit chips. Networking support. Make network requests and run an HTTP server from your WasmEdge application. New and improved APIs. Embed WasmEdge functions in C, Rust, and Golang applications. Generic binary output for WasmEdge’s AoT compiler. Take advantage of AOT performance enhancements in cloud native platforms.…

Running JavaScript in WebAssembly with WasmEdge

WebAssembly started as a “JavaScript alternative for browsers”. The idea is to run high-performance applications compiled from languages like C/C++ or Rust safely in browsers. In the browser, WebAssembly runs side by side with JavaScript. Figure 1. WebAssembly and JavaScript in the browser. As WebAssembly is increasingly used in the cloud, it is now a universal runtime for cloud-native applications. Compared with Docker-like application containers, WebAssembly runtimes achieve higher performance with lower resource consumption.…

A Complete Guide to DCO for Open Source Developers

When you contribute code to an open-source project, such as WasmEdge, you are often asked to sign a DCO (Developer Certificate of Origin) to ensure that the project has the proper rights to use your code. However, signing the DCO could be confusing and error prone. It is a barrier for many potential open source contributors. In this article, I will teach you exactly how to sign a DCO for open source projects hosted on GitHub.…

AI Inference for Real-time Data Streams with WasmEdge and YoMo

YoMo is a programming framework enabling developers to build a distributed cloud system (Geo-Distributed Cloud System). YoMo's communication layer is made on top of the QUIC protocol, which brings high-speed data transmission. In addition, it has a built-in Streaming Serverless “streaming function”, which significantly improves the development experience of distributed cloud systems. The distributed cloud system built by YoMo provides an ultra-high-speed communication mechanism between near-field computing power and terminals. It has a wide range of use cases in Metaverse, VR/AR, IoT, etc.…