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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes bring you the long-awaited Deno show — what it is, what it replaces, how you can use it, and more!

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02:13 - What is it?

• A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript
• Built by Ryan Dhal — same guy who initially built Node.js
• API is JS or TS out of the box

04:55 - Does it replace / what is it in relation to?

• Node
  • It’s a replacement for Node.js
• Express
  • Web Server Frameworks like Express will run on Deno, but Express itself won’t currently run because they are build on Node APIs
  • https://github.com/oakserver/oak
• Serverless
  • Deno can be used for anything, so it can be used for serverless functions, or a traditional web server
  • Serverless, Deno and TypeScript with Brian Leroux
• React / Vue / Svelte
  • These things are just JavaScript, so they should/will work in Deno. Deno will replace your tooling. More involved things like Next.js that require Node APIs won’t work until.
  • https://alephjs.org/
• SSR
  • It comes with all browser APIs out of the box!
• Fetch
  • Window + Add Event listener
• Webpack / Parcel / Snowpack
  • Deno is a bundler
• Prettier
  • Deno is a formatter
• TSC
  • Deno is a TypeScript compiler and runtime
• ESLint
  • Deno is a linter
• Jest

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