Deno on Ubuntu

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Deno is a secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript.

Deno is basically Node reversed.

Deno v1.1.1 has been released

We will install Deno on Ubuntu.

Enter the following commands in Terminal. 

sudo apt install curl # do this if you don't have curl already installedCode language: PHP (php)
curl -fsSL https://deno.land/x/install/install.sh | shCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

Next step is specifying Deno’s path to bash.

Open .bashrc and add the lines below to it.

nano ~/.bashrc
export DENO_INSTALL="/home/$USER/.deno"
export PATH="$DENO_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

Open a new Terminal instance.

Enter the following command.

deno

To check the version on Deno simply run.

deno -v

Run the following command.

deno run https://deno.land/std/examples/welcome.tsCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

You can also write your first Deno hello world server, sample code below. 

import { serve } from "https://deno.land/std@0.59.0/http/server.ts";
const s = serve({ port: 8000 });
console.log("http://localhost:8000/");
for await (const req of s) {
  req.respond({ body: "Hello World\n" });
}
Code language: TypeScript (typescript)
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Now you have Deno successfully installed,

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Happy Coding!