Hi @colin
, I am React Native Developer, hoping to learn backend development with Node. Do you think Node is a good choice for beginners to start with ?
Will Deno be stable enough by 2020 to be considered production ready ? Do you think learning Node right now will not be useful as by the time I become proficient with Nodejs , Deno will be the norm ?
No worries! Honestly, I don't know. I think there will be a lot more stability by 2020, but I don't know what the infrastructure around Deno will be. There shouldn't be too much different between Node and Deno, at least for the purpose of backend development. They are both Javascript at the end of the day. It'll just be different resources you will be using to build out backends - like the express framework for Node vs the abc framework for Deno.
He says beginner developers should completely ignore Deno, that there is no guarantee Deno will still be alive in a year, and, even if Deno does exist in a year, Node will continue to exist for many, many more years to come.
Hi @colin , I am React Native Developer, hoping to learn backend development with Node. Do you think Node is a good choice for beginners to start with ?
Will Deno be stable enough by 2020 to be considered production ready ? Do you think learning Node right now will not be useful as by the time I become proficient with Nodejs , Deno will be the norm ?
Apologies for the noob questions.
Thank You
No worries! Honestly, I don't know. I think there will be a lot more stability by 2020, but I don't know what the infrastructure around Deno will be. There shouldn't be too much different between Node and Deno, at least for the purpose of backend development. They are both Javascript at the end of the day. It'll just be different resources you will be using to build out backends - like the express framework for Node vs the abc framework for Deno.
Hope that helps!
Thanks for the input Conlin 🙂
Ryan (creator of Node and Deno) specifically addresses this question in this presentation: youtube.com/watch?v=z6JRlx5NC9E.
He says beginner developers should completely ignore Deno, that there is no guarantee Deno will still be alive in a year, and, even if Deno does exist in a year, Node will continue to exist for many, many more years to come.
Thanks for the input John 🙂