Deno Programming: A Comprehensive Guide to Building Secure, Scalable, and High-Performance JavaScript and TypeScript Applications - Softcover

M. Cross, Tommy

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798172602887

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

Picture this: you've just pulled a script from the internet. You don't know the author. You don't know what it does. In Node.js, running it hands over your file system, your network, your environment variables, no questions asked. One node script.js, and you're trusting a stranger with everything.

Now picture running that same script in Deno. Nothing happens. No file reads. No network calls. Silence, until you decide otherwise. That single moment, permission denied by default, is the whole philosophy of this book in miniature. It's not paranoia. It's control, handed back to you.

This book was written to make that control feel natural, not intimidating. You'll build a real API. You'll watch it reject bad data before it ever touches your database. You'll compile it into a file that runs anywhere. And somewhere along the way, you'll stop asking "how do I make this work in Deno" and start asking "why would I ever build it any other way."

What's Inside

• The philosophy and architecture behind Deno: V8, Rust, and Tokio, and why they matter to you
• Native TypeScript support, from basic type checking to real design patterns
• Deno's permission system, including scoping, sandboxing, and dependency risk
• Building web servers and REST APIs, plus WebSockets and Server-Sent Events
• Data persistence with Deno KV, and connecting to PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MongoDB
• Testing, benchmarking, profiling, and scaling with clustering and load balancing
• Deployment: standalone executables, Docker, and Deno Deploy
• Monitoring and logging for real production traffic
• A full appendix on migrating an existing Node.js project, step by step

This book is written for developers who already know JavaScript or TypeScript and want to build real, dependable backend applications. Whether you're coming from Node.js and curious what all the difference is about, or starting fresh and want a runtime that keeps security built in from day one, you'll find a clear, patient explanation waiting for you, one that never assumes you already know the answer, but never talks down to you either.

Every line of code you've ever run has trusted something, a package, a runtime, a stranger's script. This book teaches you how to stop trusting blindly, and start building deliberately. Turn the page, open your terminal, and write your first line of Deno. The runtime that changes how you think about security is one command away. Are you ready to run it?

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798172602887
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 293
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.de/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxemburg