If you want to checkout a live demo, I've integrated this project with my other Game of Life experiments here [WIP]

Steps to run the pre-built package:

Serve the Project

The necessary index.html and index.js files are there in this repo to serve the WebAssembly module. You can use a simple HTTP server to serve the files. For instance, if you have npm installed, you can use http-server:

npx http-server .

Navigate to the provided local server address in your browser to see the result.

Steps to build the project if you want to make changes:

1. Install Rust (if not already installed):

If you haven't installed Rust, you can do so by running the following command in your terminal: (for Linux and macOS)

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

After installation, add Rust to your system's PATH by running:

source $HOME/.cargo/env

2. Install wasm-pack:

Once Rust is set up, you can install wasm-pack using cargo (the Rust package manager). Run:

cargo install wasm-pack

3. Install Required Tools

Ensure you have the Rust toolchain and wasm-pack installed.

rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
cargo install wasm-pack

5. Build the Project with wasm-pack

Use wasm-pack to build your project and generate the necessary WebAssembly and JavaScript bindings:

wasm-pack build --target web

This command compiles your Rust code into WebAssembly and generates a pkg directory containing the .wasm file along with JavaScript bindings and TypeScript definitions. The --target web flag tells wasm-pack to generate the bindings for use in a web environment.

Serve the project as mentioned above.