Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript
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Go 1.11 is released - The Go Programming Language
Go 1.11 adds preliminary support for Go modules, WebAssembly, and more.
This is amazing and I have no idea what I can possibly use it for other than maybe writing a piece of software that does the "you can have JavaScript on the client AND the server" thing in reverse.
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This release adds preliminary support for a new concept called “modules,”
Nuff said.
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Something something js type system generics
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@ben_lubar said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
I have no idea what I can possibly use it for
This is how we all feel about Go.
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@ben_lubar said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
the "you can have JavaScript on the client AND the server" thing in reverse.
JavaScript on the server, Go in the browser? Why not Go everywhere? Traveling sounds fun.
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@LB_ said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
Go everywhere? Traveling sounds fun.
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@ben_lubar
JavaGo Everywhere! I'm sure it'll work this time...
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@lolwhat said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
@ben_lubar
JavaGo Everywhere! I'm sure it'll work this time...I propose the name "gooplets" instead of "java applets".
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@cvi said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
@lolwhat said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
@ben_lubar
JavaGo Everywhere! I'm sure it'll work this time...I propose the name "gooplets" instead of "java applets".
Does Go have beans yet?
Filed under: after 13 years of TDWTF I still don't know any meaning other than brillant.
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@topspin they should be called Goblins.
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Saw the title and thought, "oh, they added a WASM compilation target?" Opened the first link and... yep.
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As a result of the addition of the new GOOS value "js" and GOARCH value "wasm", Go files named *_js.go or *_wasm.go will now be ignored by Go tools except when those GOOS/GOARCH values are being used. If you have existing filenames matching those patterns, you will need to rename them.
I have no words.
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@CreatedToDislikeThis said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
As a result of the addition of the new GOOS value "js" and GOARCH value "wasm", Go files named *_js.go or *_wasm.go will now be ignored by Go tools except when those GOOS/GOARCH values are being used. If you have existing filenames matching those patterns, you will need to rename them.
I have no words.
Yeah, implicit build tags are a dumb feature I wish they'd get rid of.
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Go programs currently compile to one WebAssembly module that includes the Go runtime for goroutine scheduling, garbage collection, maps, etc. As a result, the resulting size is at minimum around 2 MB, or 500 KB compressed.
That's even bigger than an Ember site!
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Rust's had this for a while now - there's a compilation target
wasm32-unknown-unknown, thewasm-bindgencrate, and a few crates that wrap it.
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@ben_lubar said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
Yeah, implicit build tags are a dumb feature I wish they'd get rid of.
Wait.
Criticism of Go?
And it looks non-sarcastic?
WHO ARE YOU AND WHERE DO YOU HAVE BEN LOCKED UP!?!? Oh his basement? Hm.
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@blakeyrat said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
his basement
Right, where else would he possibly be...
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@lolwhat Thanks, yes, that was the joke.
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@blakeyrat said in Go 1.11: run Go in your web browser without compiling it to JavaScript:
@lolwhat Thanks, yes, that was the joke.
