Deno Coming of Age

Deno just announced what amounts to a massive upgrade:

We've been working on some updates that will allow Deno to easily import npm packages and make the vast majority of npm packages work in Deno within the next three months.
Our goal is to make Deno the fastest JavaScript runtime. For starters, the next release of Deno will include a new HTTP server. It is the fastest JavaScript web server ever built.

My Usage

It's been a bit since I've had the chance to leverage Deno. Last time I used it professionally was for a validation script. The script confirmed I'd successfuly combined a MySQL and a PostgreSQL database together without data loss. At the time (a year and a half back) I'd really liked using Deno, but I knew I couldn't bring it into a production codebase.

Is Deno Ready to Replace Node in '22?

Almost? I think it hinges on how well Ryan and the team behind Deno executes on the announcments made this month. If "80-90% of npm packages work in Deno within the next three months" and Deno really does, in practice, have the HTTP Server performance mentioned here, then I think we're going to see a huge wave of adoption.

Honestly, I'm excited enough about this that I'm considering rewriting my brand new static-blog generator in Deno. 🦕