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title: Re-write it in Deno!
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published_at: 2025-04-25T15:00:00.000Z
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So... all new site! I use this site as something of an experiment for whatever
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technology interests me. One recently got my attention:
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_Deno!_
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Yes... Deno the friendly re-imagining of Node.js by Ryan Dahl, the the creator
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of Node.js! Now given my recent dive into Golang and HTMX, this might seem odd.
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Let me explain:
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## Built in TSX and Typescript support!
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Deno has built in Typescript support, which has been huge for me. Lets table the
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whole "Bun and new Node can do that too" discussion for now. Its simply magical
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to have a Typescript codebase without a single tsconfig in sight!
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## Security!
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Look, the secrity model of Deno is incredible. The idea that the runtime will
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default-deny permissions unless you as the developer enables them is an awesome
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move.
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## Imports
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Being able to seamlessly pull from JSR and NPM is amazing! Having those two
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ecosystems work without the frustrating package.json dance is refreshing. I
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mean, just being able to import directly from URLs? Game changer!
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## Built-in tooling
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The tooling that ships with Deno is first-class! Formatter, linter, test runner,
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doc generator... all built right in! No more spending half a day configuring
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eslint, prettier, and jest just to get started on a project. Just use
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`deno fmt`, `deno lint`, `deno test` and you're good to go.
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## Web standards first
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Fetch, web streams, event listeners and so on all work just like they do in the
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browser. Coming from Node where you have to remember different APIs between
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back-end and front-end JS, this is absolutely a breath of fresh air.
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## What about Golang? GOTH Stack?
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I still love Go as a language and will continue to use it for certain things.
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Its incredibly fast and the concurrency model is awesome, but sometimes you just
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want to put together a quick web application and JS frameworks are just much
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easier to reach for.
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## Whats next?
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I'm rebuilding this entire site with Deno Fresh, which is their web framework.
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It has their island architecture which means minimal JS sent to the client. Will
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I stick with it? Who knows! All I know is this has definitely been a blast of a
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re-write.
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