AzureFunBytes Episode 63 - Getting Started with @Azure and WebAssembly with @StevenMurawski
Jan 3, 2022Jay Gordon

Summary
This post introduces the AzureFunBytes series and its focus on Azure fundamentals. It specifically highlights WebAssembly (WASM) as a runtime for cloud-native workloads, discussing its sandbox environment, multi-language targeting, and low overhead. The post details experimental PaaS platforms, the `yo wasm` tool for scaffolding, and the preview feature in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for running WASM workloads. It also mentions local development tools like Wasmtime, Hippo, and Krustlet, and the process of publishing apps to Hippo and AKS via Azure Container Registry.