Creating WebAssembly code

Go allows you to create WebAssembly code with the help of the go tool. Before I illustrate the process, I will share more information about WebAssembly.

A quick introduction to WebAssembly

WebAssembly (Wasm) is a machine model and executable format targeting a virtual machine. It is designed for efficiency, both in speed and file size. This means that you can use a WebAssembly binary on any platform you want without a single change.

WebAssembly comes in two formats: plain text format and binary format. Plain text format WebAssembly files have the .wat extension, whereas binary files have the .wasm file extension. Notice that once you have a WebAssembly binary file, you will have to load and use it using the...