Streamlining Cloud Development with Deno

13 May 2024 (7 months ago)

Dino Features

Dino is a secure, next-generation JavaScript runtime that aims to improve upon Node.js.
It has built-in tooling for testing, linting, and formatting, reducing the need for external tools and configurations.
Dino supports running programs and URLs directly from the command line with secure permissions prompts.
It provides deep coverage of streaming APIs and web servers, allowing developers to easily stream responses and pipe them through other operations using standard APIs.
Dino allows developers to import modules directly without the need for a package.json file, simplifying the development process.

Dino is backward compatible with Node.js and npm, allowing developers to use existing modules and code.
It has compatibility with Node.js, enabling developers to import and use Node.js modules and APIs within Dino projects.
Dino aims to support web standard APIs, allowing developers to use the same code in both browser and Deno environments.

Dino Deploy is a serverless platform that supports npm packages and Dino software.
It has built-in storage and compute with serverless aspects, focused on JavaScript and delivering fast cold start times.
Dino Deploy provides a simple serverless database called Dino KV for application state management.
Dino KV operates on JavaScript objects, where keys are arrays and values can be any JavaScript object.
Dino also offers KB Q's, a simple way of doing at least once delivery, which is particularly useful for web hooks.

The presenter believes that JavaScript is super important and sees the Bun project as positive competition, pushing Dino to be more receptive to the needs of npm users.
The goal is not to write TypeScript that runs in the web browser, but to have as much overlap as possible between server-side JavaScript and browser-side JavaScript.