For V8, Javascript is processed by source code-> AST -> unoptimized temp code, -> optimized binary Code,  WebAssembly just ignores all the other steps and goes all the way to the last step.

 

 

 

Read 2 blogs today, want to reference them here, one is the “Rendering Performance” and the other is “CSS Houdini”.

“Rendering Performance”

https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/performance/rendering/

“CSS Houdini”

https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/houdini-maybe-the-most-exciting-development-in-css-youve-never-heard-of/

https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/05/houdini

And 2 web page render diagrams are also attached.