What this book covers

Chapter 1, What is Deno?, gives historical context about Node.js and the motivations that led to Deno's creation, presenting the runtime architecture and premises.

Chapter 2, The Toolchain, covers installing Deno and explores the tools included in the runtime binary.

Chapter 3, The Runtime and Standard Library, explains about writing simple scripts and applications using Deno's runtime and standard library functions.

Chapter 4, Building a Web Application, shows how to set up the foundations for a web application using the standard library HTTP module.

Chapter 5, Adding Users and Migrating to Oak, covers using oak, a popular HTTP library, to build a REST API, and adding persistence and users to the application.

Chapter 6, Adding Authentication and Connecting to the Database, looks at adding support for authentication and authenticated endpoints, and connecting to a MongoDB database.

Chapter 7, HTTPS, Extracting Configuration, and Deno in the Browser, looks at enabling HTTP, handling configuration based on files and the environment, and Deno code in the browser.

Chapter 8, Testing – Unit and Integration, covers writing and running unit and integration tests for the modules written in previous chapters.

Chapter 9, Deploying a Deno Application, goes into configuring a container environment and automation to deploy a Deno application, getting it running in a cloud environment.

Chapter 10, What's Next?, gives an overview of what we have learned throughout the book, a roadmap of Deno, explains how to publish a module to Deno's official registry, and talks you through the future and community of Deno.