From WebGL to WebGPU

JS Party: JavaScript, CSS, Web Development

Gregg Tavares (author of WebGL/WebGPU Fundamentals) joins Jerod & Amal to give us a tour of these low-level technologies that are pushing the web forward into the world of video games, machine learning & other exciting rich applications.

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Featuring:

• Gregg Tavares – Website, GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Amal Hussein – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• WebGL Fundamentals
• WebGPU Fundamentals
• WebGPU - Wikipedia
• “webgpu” | Can I use…
• Download the latest indie games - itch.io
• PlayCanvas WebGL Game Engine
• PICO-8 Fantasy Console
• Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A Novel

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1. It's party time, y'all (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Socket (00:00:39)

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3. Welcoming Gregg (00:04:21)

4. Getting to know Gregg (00:06:57)

5. WebGL's API & friction (00:10:21)

6. How to know you're low level (00:13:28)

7. Advantages of WebGPU (00:20:18)

8. Is WebGL deprecated? (00:23:52)

9. That API tho (00:24:59)

10. Sponsor: React Jam (00:29:17)

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11. Enabling ML workloads (00:30:06)

12. Re: user consent (00:30:58)

13. Native apps vs browser apps (00:33:52)

14. Gregg likes games (00:35:46)

15. Gregg's teaching (00:38:12)

16. Gregg's day job (00:39:13)

17. The next Angry Birds (00:42:24)

18. Golden handcuffs (00:47:33)

19. Mystic Quest (00:50:11)

20. Tomorrow (3x) (00:51:12)

21. Making the pencils?! (00:51:54)

22. Mining the lead?! (00:52:44)

23. WebGPUFundamentals.org (00:53:52)

https://webgpufundamentals.org/

24. Jerod's first last word (00:54:37)

25. Amal's last word (00:55:32)

26. Jerod's last last word (00:56:35)

27. Closing time (00:57:00)

28. Next up on the pod (Join ++) (00:57:16)

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