--- title: Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web description: WebAssembly remains a second-class citizen on the web because it lacks direct integration with the web platform, requiring JavaScript glue code to access Web... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web-esexmyltz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web | daily.dev og:description: WebAssembly remains a second-class citizen on the web because it lacks direct integration with the web platform, requiring JavaScript glue code to access Web... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/making-webassembly-a-first-class-language-on-the-web-esexmyltz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/esExmylTZ.png og:image:alt: Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Making WebAssembly a first-class language on the Web **[Mozilla Hacks](https://daily.dev/sources/hacks)** · 16 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary WebAssembly remains a second-class citizen on the web because it lacks direct integration with the web platform, requiring JavaScript glue code to access Web APIs and a cumbersome loading process. This creates a steep learning curve, language-specific toolchain complexity, performance overhead (measured at ~45% slower DOM operations), and forces developers to understand JavaScript even when using other languages. The WebAssembly Component Model is proposed as the solution: a standardized, self-contained executable format that multiple languages can target, supports direct Web API access without JS glue, and enables cross-language interoperability. Mozilla is actively implementing ESM integration for Wasm and working with the WebAssembly CG on the Component Model, with Google also evaluating it. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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