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!