Quickstart

Step 1: Install the Apex CLI

Windows
MacOS
Linux
Homebrew

powershell -Command "iwr -useb https://apexlang.io/install.ps1 | iex"

curl -fsSL https://apexlang.io/install.sh | /bin/bash

wget -q https://apexlang.io/install.sh -O - | /bin/bash

brew install apexlang/tap/apex

Step 2: Generate a new project

AssemblyScript
Rust
TinyGo

apex new @wapc/assemblyscript hello_world_as
cd hello_world_as

apex new @wapc/rust hello_world_rust
cd hello_world_rust

apex new @wapc/tinygo hello_world_tinygo
cd hello_world_tinygo

Step 3: Build

make

Step 4: Run

The waPC tool suite

The core of waPC is a protocol for communicating into and out of WebAssembly.

Use waPC for everything from small libraries to distributed application platforms.

waPC hosts manage the lifecycle and communication of WebAssembly guests.

Hosts and guests give you a universal interface for dynamic behavior in both native and WebAssembly.

Use the Apex Language to define your WebAssembly's specification and generate all the code except your business logic.

How it works

waPC Host

Once initialized with a WebAssembly intepreter and a wasm binary, the wapc-host library can start executing functions in the wasm guest. The host and guest operate over the waPC communication protocol to satisfy bindings for compiled languages. This protocol takes an operation name and input data, serializes it, and calls the receiving waPC method in the wasm guest.

waPC Guest

The wasm binary — built with the wapc-guest bindings — accepts the waPC call, deserializes the input, executes the requested operation by name, serializes the return value, and passes it back over the waPC protocol back to the host.

Apex

Your Apex definition is the description of your wasm module's interface. It includes the exposed operations, the input types, return types, namespaces, and more. The waPC CLI uses Apex definitions to generate Rust, Go, or AssemblyScript code. (see more)

waPC.io