Deno

Basics

• Nilson Jacques. Learn Deno: A Secure JavaScript & TypeScript Runtime. sitepoint, 7/2020.
  • A brief introduction to Deno, how to install, and links to additional articles.
• Nilson Jacques. Node.js vs Deno: What You Need to Know. sitepoint, 7/2020.
  • High-level comparison of Node and Deno.
• Robin Wieruch. How To Get Started with Deno Tutorial. 6/2020.
  • For a brief introduction the two articles by Jacques are useful – once you are ready to dive into code, this article by Wieruch is great! Covers at a high level why deno, installation, permissions, web API compatibility, standard library, third party libraries, imports, testing, TypeScript, and environment variables.
• Craig Buckler. How to Use Deno’s Built-in Tools. sitepoint, 8/2020.
  • Provides high-level guidance on the REPL, dependency inspector, linter, test runner, V8 debugger, code formatter, documentation generator, script bundling, and script installation tools bundled with Deno.
• Craig Buckler. Deno Modules: Usage, Best Practices & Node Module Imports. sitepoint, 7/2020.

Hands-On

• James Wright. Building Microservices with Deno, Reno, and PostgreSQL. sitepoint, 9/2020.
• Nilson Jacques. Build a Command Line Weather App in Deno. sitepoint, 8/2020.
• Robin Wieruch. Getting Started with Oak in Deno. 6/2020.
  • Covers at a high level context, middleware, and routes in Oak.
  • This is actually the second part of Wieruch’s How To Get Started with Deno Tutorial referenced above. Unfortunately, I’m not nearly as big a fan of this article as of its predecessor.
• Robin Wieruch. How to Create a REST API with Oak in Deno. 6/2020.
  • Third part of the series by Wieruch. I had issues with getting the messages.post route to work.
  • Covers at a high level using curl with REST APIs, routes in Oak, HTTP methods as REST operations, URIs as REST resources, modularizing models as data sources, and modularizing routing.

Tools

• Deno
  • The actual thing. “A secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.”
• Denoify – Stars: 470 – Last Updated: 11/2020 – Last Checked: 11/2020.
  • Converts node/web modules into Deno-compatible modules.
• Deno Docker – Stars: 378 – Last Updated: 11/2020 – Last Checked: 11/2020.
  • “Docker files for deno published on Dockerhub.”
• Deno Version Manager (dvm) – Stars: 229 – Last Updated: 11/2020 – Last Checked: 11/2020.
  • “Easy way to manage multiple active deno versions.”

Resources

• Awesome Deno – Stars: 2.5k – Last Updated: 10/2020 – Last Checked: 11/2020.