Is it possible to use a c++ library in a javascript application

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I'm trying to build a javascript app and i need to use a c++ library. Is there any way to include a c++ library in a javascript application?

Maybe write bindings for it? However that requires some work — Jonas Wilms
– Jonas Wilms, Commented Jan 14, 2018 at 21:26

guest271314 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-14 21:20:21Z

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Yes. You can utilize emscripten to convert C++ to JavaScript. You can alternatively

use Native Messaging to communicate with a shell script
use a local server to POST commands to a shell script which runs the native shell script, e.g., see shell_exec() calls at PHP at How to programmatically send a unix socket command to a system server autospawned by browser or convert JavaScript to C++ souce code for Chromium?

answered Jan 14, 2018 at 21:20

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Anderson Green Over a year ago

In addition to these options, Node.js supports native addons in C++.

soogui · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-16 09:26:49Z

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If you are working with Node.js and you library is provided as DLL, you could use node-ffi (Foreign Function Intergface). For other options check this post.

answered Jan 16, 2018 at 9:26

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