WebAssembly Documentation
WebAssembly Documentation
Offline Ebook PDF Version of the WebAssembly v1.0 Documentation
About the Book
Web Assembly is a binary instruction format for a stack-based virtual machine. Wasm is designed as a portable compilation target for programming languages, enabling deployment on the web for client and server applications. This PDF ebook is a portable offline reference guide for the community, can be printed or synced with your kindle for a better reading experience. It's based on WebAssembly version v.1.0
This is an excellent reference format for Web Assembly beginners, is not a tutorial just the official documentation for your reference.
This book is not officially endorsed by WebAssembly.
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Table of Contents
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This Book
- Recommended Resources
- Recommended Books
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Introduction
- In a nutshell
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Quick Start
- Prerequisites
- Setting up a new project
- Next steps
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Basics
- Strictness
- Static typing
- Sandbox
- Quirks
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Status
- Philosophy
- WebAssembly features
- Language features
- Tooling features
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Frequently asked questions
- Is WebAssembly going to supersede JavaScript?
- Is WebAssembly faster than JavaScript?
- Is AssemblyScript faster than JavaScript?
- How does AssemblyScript compare/relate to C++/Rust?
- Will AssemblyScript support all of TypeScript eventually?
- Will interop between AssemblyScript and JavaScript become better?
- How can I help?
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Compiler
- Command line options
- API
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Types
- Type rules
- Macro types
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Environment
- Standard library
- Static type checks
- Sizes and alignments
- Utility
- Low-level WebAssembly operations
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Exports and imports
- Exports
- Imports
- On values crossing the boundary
- Anatomy of a module
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Loader
- Installation
- Usage
- API
- Convenience vs. efficiency
- Advanced usage
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Memory
- Importing memory
- Exporting memory
- Accessing memory during instantiation
- Memory regions
- Internals
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Garbage Collection
- Runtime interface
- Runtime variants
- The future: WebAssembly GC
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Peculiarities
- Annotations
- Operator overloads
- Range limits
- Tree-shaking
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Portability
- Portable Stdlib
- Differences
- Limitations
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Debugging
- Source maps
- Stack traces
- Disabling assertions
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Overriding
abort - Manual tracing
- Breakpoints
- Additional resources
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Interoperability
- Strings
- Class layout
- Calling convention
- Optional arguments
- Garbage collection
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Development
- Setting up a development environment
- Building distribution files
- Creating tests
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Transforms
- Properties
- Hooks
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Globals
- Constants
- Functions
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Array
- Constructor
- Static members
- Instance members
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ArrayBuffer
- Constructor
- Static members
- Instance members
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DataView
- Constructor
- Instance members
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Date
- Constructor
- Static members
- Instance members
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Error
- Variants
- Constructor
- Instance members
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Map
- Constructor
- Instance members
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Math
- Variants
- Static members
- Considerations
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Number
- Integers
- Floats
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Set
- Constructor
- Instance members
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String
- Static members
- Instance members
- Encoding API
- Considerations
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Symbol
- Construction
- Static members
- Instance members
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TypedArray
- Variants
- Constructor
- Static members
- Instance members
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StaticArray
- Constructor
- Static members
- Instance members
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process
- Static members
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console
- Static members
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crypto
- Static members
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