Rust & WebAssembly

Rust has been one of the most popular new languages as voted by developers for the past several years. WebAssembly is a new standard from the W3C that allows for near native performance across the board in and out of the browser.

Each of these technologies is transformative on its own. Together, they are a compelling mix of the speed of C++, the safety and portability of Java and a modern, expressive and readable syntax. Come learn why Rust and WebAssembly are two great technologies that are better together. This combination is going to impact your career whether you develop on the front end, the backend, the desktop or in the cloud.

We will not assume knowledge of Rust and will introduce the major features of this modern systems programming language.

About Brian Sletten

Brian Sletten is a liberal arts-educated software engineer with a focus on forward-leaning technologies. His experience has spanned many industries including retail, banking, online games, defense, finance, hospitality and health care. He has a B.S. in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary and lives in Auburn, CA. He focuses on web architecture, resource-oriented computing, social networking, the Semantic Web, AI/ML, data science, 3D graphics, visualization, scalable systems, security consulting and other technologies of the late 20th and early 21st Centuries. He is also a rabid reader, devoted foodie and has excellent taste in music. If pressed, he might tell you about his International Pop Recording career.

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