SMRTR ProgrammingJun 8, 2025Hacker News

A masochist's guide to web development

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Emscripten allows compiling C/C++ code to WebAssembly for web browsers. This tutorial covers building increasingly complex libraries, from basic functions to multithreading and persistent storage. Key topics include modularizing builds, using web workers, handling callbacks, and accessing client-side storage. The guide provides practical examples and discusses challenges in porting native code to the web.

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