Chapter 1: What is Deno?
Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript. I'll guess that you are probably getting that excitement of experimenting with a new tool. You have worked with JavaScript or TypeScript and have at least heard of Node.js. Deno will feel like it has the right amount of novelty for you and, at the same time, has some things that will sound familiar for someone working in the ecosystem.
Before we start getting our hands dirty, we'll understand how Deno was created and its motivations. Doing that will help us learn and understand it better.
We'll be focusing on practical examples throughout this book. We'll be writing code and then rationalizing and explaining the underlying decisions we've made. If you come from ...
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