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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.…
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🤖 Contribute to the WasmEdge Project via the CNCF LFX Mentorship Fall Term 2021
Contribute to the WasmEdge project. Make your mark in Open Source, and earn a stipend of $3000 to $6600! WasmEdge is a cloud-native WebAssembly runtime hosted by the CNCF. It is widely used in edge computing, automotive, Jamstack, serverless, SaaS, service mesh, and even blockchain applications. WasmEdge is written in C++, and has SDKs for C/C++, Rust, Golang, and JavaScript. We welcome all types of contributions — code, docs, integrations, specs, examples!…
