Next-Generation Web Applications with WebAssembly and TruffleWasm

izvorni znanstveni rad

izvorni znanstveni rad

Next-Generation Web Applications with WebAssembly and TruffleWasm

Aleksander Radovan
Vrsta prilog sa skupa (u zborniku)
Tip izvorni znanstveni rad
Godina 2021
Nadređena publikacija Proceedings of the 44th International Convention for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO 2021
Stranice str. 1950-1955
ISSN 1847-3938
EISSN 1847-3946
Status objavljeno

Sažetak

JavaScript-based eco-system used for the development of web-based applications presents many advantages ; it is simple to develop, JavaScript is an interpreted programming language meaning the system a reduced compilation time, and it offers a lot of third-party libraries and extensions. However, with the rise of modern highly user-interactive web sites and browser- based video games, the JavaScript engine lacks performance and responsiveness itself. Developers tend to use a lot of tools and languages such as C++, Python, Go, or similar to create a user- interactive and interoperable system. The interoperability modules offer great advantages but often lack in execution due to high complexity and longer compilation time. This paper studies WebAssembly, a binary format compilation target that includes a low-level assembly-like language used for targeting from other programming languages. The binary format allows near-native performance level due to its compactness, as it prioritizes usage of low-level languages. Simultaneously, in this paper, we continued our research regarding the GraalVM ecosystem with a guest language implementation of a WebAssembly based system, TruffleWasm, which is hosted on GraalVM and Truffle Java framework. Finally, we present the system architecture, several performance tests within our academic environment, as well as a review on the GraalVM based eco- system.

Ključne riječi

WebAssembly ; GraalVM ; JavaScript ; Truffle ; Binary Format

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