mwc

The command line tool to compile mruby to WebAssembly


Keywords
gem, mruby, ruby, webassembly
License
MIT
Install
gem install mwc -v 0.4.0

Documentation

Mwc

This is a small tool to help people play with mruby on WebAssembly, it let you directly setup a wasm project with mruby.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'mwc'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install mwc

Requirement

  • Curl
  • Tar
  • Emscripten SDK
  • Ruby 2.6+

Please make sure you can execute emcc before use mwc compile

Usage

Create Project

Execute below command with your project name:

$ mwc init my_mrb

This gem will create a directory my_mrb with anything you need to play with mruby on WebAssembly.

Source code detect

  • src/**/*.c the normal C code
  • src/js/**/*.lib.js the JavaScript library can be called in C
  • src/js/**/*.pre.js the JavaScript prepend to WebAssembly JS
  • src/js/**/*.post.js the JavaScript append to WebAssembly JS

Compile

To compile *.c to .wasm you have to execute compile command:

$ mwc compile

You can specify compile environment to change with different options:

$ mwc compile --env=dev

To see more usage with help command:

$ mwc help compile

Serve compiled files

The mwc has built-in static file server to help preview or debug:

$ mwc server

And then, open the http://localhost:8080 you will see the Emscripten web shell and Hello World is printed.

Configure

We use DSL to define the compile preferences in .mwcrc

project.name = 'mruby'
mruby.version = '2.1.3'

env :dev do
  project.source_map = true
end

Project

Name Type Description
name string The project name, will change the generated file name. ex. mruby.wasm
shell string The shell file template, if you want to use your own html template
source_map boolean Enable source map for debug
options array Extra compile options. ex. -s ALLOW_MEMORY_GROWTH=1

mruby

Name Type Description
version string The prefer mruby version

Roadmap

  • Unit Test
  • Download options for mruby
    • Archive
    • Git Submodule
  • Integrate to Webpack
  • Watch Mode
    • Auto re-compile
    • Add LiveReload support

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/elct9620/mwc. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the Mwc project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.