This talk was given at ViennaJS Live Coding January 2021 by Juho Vepsäläinen.
In this online dojo, we'll explore Deno together. It's a new alternative for Node by the original author of Node, Ryan Dahl. In Deno, Ryan is addressing some of the shortcomings of Node. To give you a quick idea of Deno, consider the following points:* Deno supports TypeScript out of the box and it can consume WebAssembly
* Deno comes with functionality for formatting, linting, and testing your code. Consider it more as a toolkit.
* Deno discards npm and comes with a solution of its own for handling dependencies. No more node_modules.
* Deno can be used for both frontend and backend although so far the focus has been on the latter
* Deno has a strong stdlib reducing the amount of dependencies you need in your projects
* Deno can ship a single executable fileThe target of the session is to get you up and running with Deno. We'll build a small web server and touch upon the points above. After this, we'll research Deno together based on your questions.Ideally you should have Deno installed before the session so we won't waste time on the setup. Please follow the instructions on Deno site (https://deno.land/).