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Deno - An Unfinished Beauty

EmNudge on October 26, 2020

2022 Update: My concerns around immaturity have long since been addressed since the 1.0 release. While issues around arm32 builds might...

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Ivan Jeremic • Oct 26 '20 • Edited

Every programming language is a Runtime, Python, JAVA, C#, and so on, so basically, everyone calling Node a JS runtime is right but it is also unnecessary, Theoretically, you can call Node a programming language because this is exactly how other languages are built, They are a Box/Program where they run.

Hamid Bluri • Aug 15 '22

Whaaat

What do you mean by "Runtime" exactly?

Java is not a Runtime!

Ivan Jeremic • Aug 16 '22

Java is a runtime language it runs on a runtime.

Hamid Bluri • Aug 16 '22

Java compiler compiles .java code to "java byte code"

Then JVM runs that byte codes.

Ivan Jeremic • Aug 16 '22

Yes thats what I said, Java is a runtime language.

Alex Janke • Oct 26 '20

I haven't dabbled with Deno at all so far but I'm curious as to how people would tackle the missing script-section of the package.json.

For example I have a script:

"scripts": {
   "coverage": "test script here",
   "postcoverage": "do stuff after coverage is done",

Like you described we probably could setup some .sh or other centralized collection of scripts but ... aren't we just rebuilding the package.json at this point?
Without any of those you probably end up noting all your possible scripts somewhere in your readme so other devs know what to execute? Sounds iffy. Am I missing the obvious solution to this problem?

Also, how would a typical CI like GitHub actions work out? Let's say we have a GitHub action running whenever someone wants to merge into our master-branch. What does the github action execute? The .sh? I'm really open for new things but I just don't see any gain from this :|

Carter Snook • Oct 26 '20

Work for a DOMParser that will be integrated into Deno going on at github.com/b-fuze/deno-dom if anyone wants to contribute.

EmNudge • Oct 26 '20

I actually linked it at the end! I’m familiar with the project and its contributors personally. I used it for a project of mine and I’m very happy it exists. It’s been making steady progress for a while now.

Carter Snook • Oct 26 '20

Ah, sorry. My eyes must've glazed over the difference in color. I even re-read the end twice searching for the link😂

EmNudge • Oct 26 '20

Haha, not a problem! I didn't write anything to make you think it was different than the link previously in the article.

swyx • Oct 26 '20

haha I enjoyed the part where package.json is effectively replaced by exports.ts! not trolling just mildly amused