React + WebAssembly = ❤️ (JS Party #84)

KBall catches up with Florian Rival about bring a C++ based game engine to the web by compiling to WebAssembly and creating a React-based frontend.

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Featuring:

• Florian Rival – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Kevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• GDevelop


• emscripten


• Rust


• AssemblyScript


• Electron


• React Native


• TypeScript


• Flow


• Squoosh.app


• C++ Standard Library


• Gatsby


• VSCode


• Storybook


• Create React App


• webpack-merge


• Babel Macros


• Native Web Apps: React and WebAssembly to Rewrite Native Apps (video)


• Native Web Apps: React and WebAssembly to Rewrite Native Apps (slides)

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!