E17 | A Conversation about Deno | Andres Pirela

Today I’ll be chatting all about Deno with my guest Andres Pirela, a 19 year old who’s working for a large company as a full stack software engineer using C#, Java, Typescript and Javascript. He’s been programming since the age of 9! Learn what Deno is all about, it’s great features, and it’s drawbacks! ******************************* Questions Asked ******************************* How does a 19 year old work for a large company as a software engineer? How old where you when you first started programming? How and when did you learn C# and Java? What is Deno? Who created Deno? What is a web assembly? What are the three main reasons that Deno was created? What are some of Deno's security features? How are modules handled in Deno? How are modules cached? How do you distribute Deno projects and it's associated cache folder? Can the cache be configured on a per project basis? How are module dependencies handled by Deno? How are points of failure handled by Deno modules? Do you think Deno will end up using a centralized package manager? Why is a package manager being rejected by the Deno founders? Explain how Deno uses promises by default? How is callback hell avoided by Deno? Explain how you can use top level Await with Deno? Does Deno support Type Script and Javascript? How can people get started developing Deno apps? Is Deno ready for production? ******************************* Reference Links ******************************* Deno (https://deno.land/) Andres’ Twitter (https://twitter.com/andreestech)