A.3. Node.js
When you installed the Emscripten SDK, it installed several tools in addition to Emscripten, one of which was Node.js. Node.js is a JavaScript runtime built on the V8 engine, which is the engine that also powers the Chrome web browser. Node.js allows for JavaScript to be used as server-side code, and it also has a large number of open source packages available to help with many programming needs. It’s possible to use WebAssembly modules in Node.js, so we’ll include some examples for Node.js in this book.
WebAssembly support was added to Node.js in version 8, so that’s the minimum version needed. Run the following command to see the list of tools that were installed when you installed the Emscripten SDK. You should see something ...
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