Is it possible to run Wasp in the browser with the Haskell compiled to Wasm?
I kept thinking last night about Wasp could technically run in the browser with WebContainers (or even without) if the Haskell was compiled to Wasm. Is that truly possible or just mental lore since I was sleepy?
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Hi @Cam Pak. I'm kapa.ai, your friendly support bot. I will try to answer your question by searching through the knowledge base. :wave:
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Based on the knowledge sources provided, there isn't specific information about compiling Wasp's Haskell codebase to WebAssembly (Wasm) to run in the browser.
The sources do mention some related concepts:
1. There was a discussion about making Wasp less dependent on external tools like Node.js, potentially using Docker to containerize the development environment Completely dockerize Wasp app.
2. There was also an interesting experiment where someone created a JavaScript version of the Wasp compiler, showing that alternative implementations are conceptually possible Fun JavaScript version of the wasp compiler.
3. The team has considered the possibility of having multiple frontends for Wasp by allowing the compiler to take JSON as input that maps to the AST Fun JavaScript version of the wasp compiler.
However, none of these discussions specifically address compiling the Haskell compiler to Wasm for browser execution. This would likely be a significant engineering effort since Wasp's compiler is written in Haskell, and while Haskell-to-Wasm compilation is technically possible, the knowledge sources don't indicate that the Wasp team has explored this direction.
Your idea about using WebContainers is interesting but not covered in the provided knowledge sources. If you're interested in this possibility, you might want to bring it up as a feature request or discussion in the Wasp GitHub repository or Discord community.
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Sorry @Cam Pak, I seem to be having a bit of trouble. Don't worry though, I've pinged my support and they will try to fix me up! :technologist:
Perhaps try again in 15mins?
This is something we already have on our radar, but haven't yet fully looked into. It should probably be possible, since e.g. Pandoc got it, but just we haven't tried yet
Thanks! I think a wasm approach could lead to increased ability for Wasp to live in places like Stackblitz and more
Yep this was our thinking as well. We were just talking about it lst week actually 🙂
NOICE!
I'm came to thinking about this when processing how Wasp could run in the browser in places like Val.Town, Stackblitz, etc
Exciting you're thinking about it!