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Hands-On WebAssembly for C++ Programmers

3 hours on-demand video

$ 12.99

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Brief Introduction

Take advantage of the performance and speed of C++ directly in web browsers

Description

Due to recent trends, companies are looking to design their applications live on the web. However, it's easy to grow frustrated with JavaScript, which offers limited scope for fine- tuning performance.

If you want get ahead of your competitors by working in a language you're comfortable with, one that is designed for speed? WebAssembly is your answer. Starting with first principles; you'll learn is why WebAssembly is so powerful and why C++ is a natural fit. The you'll look at compiling a program for WebAssembly using C++.

This course looking provides code examples, rather than slides so that you can really delve into the depths of WebAssembly. Allowing you to go beyond simple toy examples and learn about how real programs compile to WebAssembly.

You'll find out that not everything works out right the first time, and it's just as important to learn how to debug and profile your programs.

By the end of this course, you will have gained all the skills you need to get a speed advantage over pure JavaScript applications, leaving your competitors behind.

About the Author

Patrick Viafore is a software engineer with 12 years' experience writing C++ and web applications. From meteorology software to telecommunication firmware and operating systems in the cloud, he's been involved in many facets of the software world.

Patrick has seen new technologies grow and blossom, and knows how hard it can be to stay on the cutting edge, especially given the lightning-quick pace of web development.

He focuses on distilling the concepts that you care about, and reinforcing them with real code. In this course, he will be pulling code excerpts from real, open-source libraries and showing you how to transform them into WebAssembly.

Patrick enjoys teaching and has given conference talks, hosted workshops, and mentored many developers.

Requirements

Requirements
Some prior knowledge of JavaScript would be helpful.
Additionally, web developers who want to surgically remove JavaScript bottlenecks using WebAssembly will also benefit from the course.

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