Using the standard library

In this section, we'll explore the behavior provided by Deno's standard library. It is currently not considered stable by the runtime and thus modules are separately versioned. At the time we're writing, the standard library is at version 0.83.0.

As we previously mentioned, Deno is very meticulous in what it adds to the standard library. The core team wants it to provide enough behavior, so people don't need to rely on millions of external packages to do certain things, but at the same time doesn't want to add too much of an API surface. This is a fine balance that is hard to strike.

With the assumed inspiration of golang, most of the Deno standard library functions mimic the language created by Google. This happens because the Deno team truly believes in the way golang evolved its standard library, one that is commonly known for being well polished. As a funny note, Ryan Dahl (Deno and Node creator) mentions in one of his...