Show HN: I wrote a book about WebAssembly

Post by Haydos585x2 » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 10:44 PM UTC

olso wrote: post #2

That's a really expensive (and I can afford it). How did you figure out these prices?

Post by Posibyte » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 10:46 PM UTC

raboukhalil wrote: post #9

Posibyte wrote: post #6

The capstone project and little pacman game look pretty interesting. Think you can spare a short portion of the book to show what the writing is like? I find them to be some of the best litmus tests of what I'm about to get myself into on a technical book purchase.

Thanks Posibyte! Here's a sample section about how to compile jq to WebAssembly: http://levelupwasm.com/sample-jq.pdf . But note that it's from Chapter 7, so some of the HTML portions might not make complete sense without reading the previous chapters, but hope it gives you a sense of the writing style! Also, here's the table of contents in case it helps: http://www.levelupwasm.com/toc.pdf

Post by raboukhalil » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 11:08 PM UTC

Posibyte wrote: post #13

raboukhalil wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks Posibyte! Here's a sample section about how to compile jq to WebAssembly: http://levelupwasm.com/sample-jq.pdf . But note that it's from Chapter 7, so some of the HTML portions might not make complete sense without reading the previous chapters, but hope it gives you a sense of the writing style! Also, here's the table of contents in case it helps: http://www.levelupwasm.com/toc.pdf

Thank you!

Post by raboukhalil » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 11:22 PM UTC

marvindanig wrote: post #16

raboukhalil wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks Posibyte! Here's a sample section about how to compile jq to WebAssembly: http://levelupwasm.com/sample-jq.pdf . But note that it's from Chapter 7, so some of the HTML portions might not make complete sense without reading the previous chapters, but hope it gives you a sense of the writing style! Also, here's the table of contents in case it helps: http://www.levelupwasm.com/toc.pdf

Hey, if it's about web why not provide the option of reading it on web itself? Today I saw someone selling 'offline-first' on dead-tree medium and thought to myself: Really? Does he not believe in offline-first capability of web enough that he went with the older more inefficient medium for offline reading? Can we as developers not do better? Above aside, congrats on publishing your book! WebAssembly is super-interes…

Post by macp » Thu, Feb 28, 2019, 11:40 PM UTC

raboukhalil wrote: post #10

macp wrote: post #7

Table of contents and sample chapter? Webassembly for genomics sounds cool :)

Yes! Here's the table of contents: http://www.levelupwasm.com/toc.pdf And for a sample of the writing, here's the section on compiling the CLI tool jq to WebAssembly: http://levelupwasm.com/sample-jq.pdf (though note that it builds on previous material so it doesn't re-explain everything) Edit: Also, if you're curious about using WebAssembly in genomics, check out https://github.com/robertaboukhalil/aioli/ and https:…