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In honor of Webpack 5.0 being released and dramatically easing integration of WebAssembly, it's time In honor of Webpack 5.0 being released and dramatically easing integration of WebAssembly, it's time
to revisit previous work done to use Electron as a backend for Rust GUI applications. to revisit previous work done to use Electron as a backend for Rust GUI applications.
Structure:
- Why did I want to do this?: Potential to use Electron+WASM as Rust GUI; not truly native, but at
least experimenting with.
- Problems: Hard to use ecosystem, crates don't compile, MIME types, async loading
- What changed?: Webpack makes WASM loading asynchronous and easy in v5, Chrome now sets MIME type
- Demonstration and screenshots
- Closing thoughts: is it worth it?
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I wasn't expecting to write this, but it's 2020 and we could all use a win. When last I addressed I wasn't expecting to write this, but it's 2020 and we could all use a win. When last I addressed
using WASM + Electron to write desktop applications in Rust, there were ultimately too many issues using WASM + Electron to write desktop applications in Rust, there were ultimately too many issues
to recommend this combination as feasible. Since then, there's been a lot of progress, and after to recommend this combination as feasible. Since then, there's been a lot of progress, and after