Although Node.js remains the most-used server-side JavaScript runtime by a huge margin, alternative runtimes like Deno and Bun have garnered attention as they attempt to improve upon the Node.js concept. By Jeremy Holcombe.
Deno, the more popular of the two newer runtimes, addresses some security issues inherent in Node.js and provides more comprehensive support for technologies like TypeScript and WebAssembly. Further in the article you will learn:
- What Is Deno?
- What Does Deno Do?
- Deno vs Node
- Deno vs Bun
- Getting Started with Deno
Ryan Dahl developed Node.js for this purpose and, later, created Deno to address some of the issues he encountered with the original Node.js design. Some notable flaws include its reliance on a centralized package manager like npm, the lack of a standard library, and lax-by-default security settings. Deno aims to follow the same APIs as browsers do, which means that code written for browsers is easily translatable to the runtime. Nice one!
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