Modern Software : WebAssembly Out of the Browser

Our industry never stops changing, but sometimes those changes are trivia and fluffy. Sometimes they are fundamental and enduring. This series is going to highlight some of the most important trends happening in the hardware, software, data and architecture spaces.

Most people's understanding of WebAssembly is based upon a three year old W3C standard that is exciting in its own right. The more interesting possibilities, however, will be realized when WebAssembly escapes the browser and ushers in a whole new era of ubiquitous, secure computing. We will discuss the various container environments and how they will solve some of the more persistent issues with more conventional software development technologies.

Modern software developers need to understand how just about every aspect of their industry is about to change.

We will cover:

• The problem of APIs with respect to portability
• And overview of Web Assembly Services Interface (WASI)
• It's portability promises
• It's security promises
• It's nano processor vision of software composition
• Various WASI runtimes include:
• wasmtime
• wasmer
• wasm3
• lucet
• Advancements and future directions
• Interface Types
• Multi-value Return Types
• Module Linkage