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one of the main take aways I got from Ryan's deno intro was pragmatism over preferences.
by Already__Taken 3y ago
one of the main take aways I got from Ryan's deno intro was pragmatism over preferences.
- lolinder 3y agoAre we talking about the same talk? 10 Things I Regret about Node.js [0]? Goal #2 (after security) was to simplify the module system, and the very first thing he said about that was no node compatibility. [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BM9TB-8yA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BM9TB-8yA
- jitl 3y agoSupporting NPM allows the entire ecosystem to gradually migrate from CommonJS/NPM packages to ESM/Deno imports. New developers in Deno will still write pure code - not NPM code that has slow require; they don’t bear any mental complexity - it’s only legacy code that pays a runtime complexity cost.