Do the `WebGL` `WebGL module` `Platform: WebGL` refer to the same thing ?

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I saw WebGL in several places.
Do they refer to the same thing ?

  1. WebGL Build Support

  2. WebGL module
    Set Up Your First Microgame - Unity Learn

  3. Platform: WebGL

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Yep, you need to install the WebGL module to build your games for WebGL (I’m by no means an Internet newbie but I literally have NO idea what WebGL is?)

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It’s all the same thing. WebGL is a platform you can release your game on. “WebGL Build Support” is a module you can add onto the Unity engine through the Hub to allow you to target that platform. Your item 2 “WebGL module” is an alternative usage of the term module to refer to the training course that instructs you how to work with WebGL, and it’s a great place to start your journey learning about it.

The final item (your screenshots didn’t come through, but I assume I know what you’re referring to) is the setting in your editor that lets you change your project over to targeting that platform for building to WebGL.

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