Human Who Codes Newsletter – Node.js, Deno, and Bun

For well over a decade, if you wanted to run JavaScript on the server, your only choice was Node.js. It has been battle-hardened by some of the most demanding companies in the world, many of whom paid employees to help maintain or contribute to the project. Then in 2018, Node.js creator Ryan Dahl announced Deno, a new server-side JavaScript runtime that was intended to fix a lot of the problems of Node.js. Fast forward to 2023, and Bun was released as another alternative to Node.js. To decide which one to use, it’s important to understand the approaches that Deno and Bun took to attract developers.

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