WebAssembly in Action

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Brief Table of Contents
3. Table of Contents
4. Preface
5. Acknowledgments
6. About this Book
7. About the Author
8. About the Cover Illustration
9. Part 1. First steps
   1. Chapter 1. Meet WebAssembly
      1. 1.1. What is WebAssembly?
      2. 1.2. What problems does it solve?
      3. 1.3. How does it work?
      4. 1.4. Structure of a WebAssembly module
      5. 1.5. WebAssembly text format
      6. 1.6. How is WebAssembly secure?
      7. 1.7. What languages can I use to create a WebAssembly module?
      8. 1.8. Where can I use my module?
      9. Summary
   2. Chapter 2. A look inside WebAssembly modules
      1. 2.1. Known sections
      2. 2.2. Custom sections
      3. Summary
   3. Chapter 3. Creating your first WebAssembly module
      1. 3.1. The Emscripten toolkit
      2. 3.2. WebAssembly modules
      3. 3.3. Emscripten output options
      4. 3.4. Compiling C or C++ with Emscripten and using the HTML template
      5. 3.5. Having Emscripten generate the JavaScript plumbing code
      6. 3.6. Having Emscripten generate only the WebAssembly file
      7. 3.7. Feature detection: How to test if WebAssembly is available
      8. Real-world use cases
      9. Exercises
      10. Summary
10. Part 2. Working with modules
    1. Chapter 4. Reusing your existing C++ codebase
       1. 4.1. Using C or C++ to create a module with Emscripten plumbing
       2. 4.2. Using C or C++ to create a module without Emscripten
       3. Real-world use cases
       4. Exercises
       5. Summary
    2. Chapter 5. Creating a WebAssembly module that calls into JavaScript
       1. 5.1. Using C or C++ to create a module with Emscripten plumbing
       2. 5.2. Using C or C++ to create a module without Emscripten plumbing
       3. Real-world use cases
       4. Exercises
       5. Summary
    3. Chapter 6. Creating a WebAssembly module that talks to JavaScript using function pointers
       1. 6.1. Using C or C++ to create a module with Emscripten plumbing
       2. 6.2. Using C or C++ to create a module without Emscripten plumbing
       3. Real-world use cases
       4. Exercises
       5. Summary
11. Part 3. Advanced topics
    1. Chapter 7. Dynamic linking: The basics
       1. 7.1. Dynamic linking: Pros and cons
       2. 7.2. Dynamic linking options
       3. 7.3. Dynamic linking review
       4. Real-world use cases
       5. Exercises
       6. Summary
    2. Chapter 8. Dynamic linking: The implementation
       1. 8.1. Creating the WebAssembly modules
       2. 8.2. Adjusting the web page
       3. Real-world use cases
       4. Exercises
       5. Summary
    3. Chapter 9. Threading: Web workers and pthreads
       1. 9.1. Benefits of web workers
       2. 9.2. Considerations for using web workers
       3. 9.3. Prefetching a WebAssembly module using a web worker
       4. 9.4. Using pthreads
       5. Real-world use cases
       6. Exercises
       7. Summary
    4. Chapter 10. WebAssembly modules in Node.js
       1. 10.1. Revisiting what you know
       2. 10.2. Server-side validation
       3. 10.3. Working with Emscripten-built modules
       4. 10.4. Using the WebAssembly JavaScript API
       5. Real-world use cases
       6. Exercises
       7. Summary
12. Part 4. Debugging and testing
    1. Chapter 11. WebAssembly text format
       1. 11.1. Creating the game’s core logic using WebAssembly text format
       2. 11.2. Generating a WebAssembly module from the text format
       3. 11.3. The Emscripten-generated module
       4. 11.4. Creating the HTML and JavaScript files
       5. 11.5. Viewing the results
       6. Real-world use cases
       7. Exercises
       8. Summary
    2. Chapter 12. Debugging
       1. 12.1. Extending the game
       2. 12.2. Adjusting the HTML
       3. 12.3. Displaying the number of tries
       4. 12.4. Incrementing the number of tries
       5. 12.5. Updating the summary screen
       6. Exercises
       7. Summary
    3. Chapter 13. Testing—and then what?
       1. 13.1. Installing the JavaScript testing framework
       2. 13.2. Creating and running tests
       3. 13.3. Where do you go from here?
       4. Exercises
       5. Summary
13. Appendix A. Installation and tool setup
    1. A.1. Python
    2. A.2. Emscripten
    3. A.3. Node.js
    4. A.4. WebAssembly Binary Toolkit
    5. A.5. Bootstrap
14. Appendix B. ccall, cwrap, and direct function calls
    1. B.1. ccall
    2. B.2. cwrap
    3. B.3. Direct function calls
    4. B.4. Passing an array to a module
15. Appendix C. Emscripten macros
    1. C.1. emscripten_run_script macros
    2. C.2. EM_JS macros
    3. C.3. EM_ASM macros
16. Appendix D. Exercise solutions
    1. D.1. Chapter 3
    2. D.2. Chapter 4
    3. D.3. Chapter 5
    4. D.4. Chapter 6
    5. D.5. Chapter 7
    6. D.6. Chapter 8
    7. D.7. Chapter 9
    8. D.8. Chapter 10
    9. D.9. Chapter 11
    10. D.10. Chapter 12
    11. D.11. Chapter 13
17. Appendix E. Text format extras
    1. E.1. Control flow statements
    2. E.2. Function pointers
18. WebAssembly in Action
19. Index
20. List of Figures
21. List of Tables
22. List of Listings