E17 | A Conversation about Deno | Andres Pirela

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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!

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Questions Asked

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• 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?
  

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Reference Links

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• Deno (https://deno.land/)
  
• Andres’ Twitter (https://twitter.com/andreestech)