Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Talk: Phil Hawksworth - "Dabbling With Deno — Tales From a Web Developer Playing With a New Toy", Node Congress 2025
After many years and many projects using web technologies, Phil is becoming increasingly excited about changing up some of the tools that are his usual security blanket. After repeatedly campaigning for large clients to embrace tools from the NodeJS ecosystem while it was maturing, why would he consider disrupting that?
In this talk, Phil will speedrun features and utilities of Deno that have him excited, and share information about plans to help the JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystems continue to thrive. We'll look at things like package management and publishing, testing and tooling, writing and hosting serverless functions, and more. All while exposing how and why Phil was once daunted by embracing TypeScript, but is now finding new comfort in the emerging tools on offer.
Watch the full talk in 1080p on GitNation website: gitnation.com/contents/dabbling-with-deno-tales-from-a-web-developer-playing-with-a-new-toy
Follow the link to watch the full version of all the conference talks, QnA’s with speakers and hands-on workshop recordings → gitnation.com/events/node-congress-2025
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Phil Hawksworth
01:58 Building Deno and Observing Web Trends
03:00 JavaScript's Ubiquity and the Discovery of Deno
06:00 Exploring Deno and Its Capabilities
08:07 Deno's Functionality and Familiarity
10:45 Enabling Deno in your IDE
11:31 Deno Package Management
14:43 Managing Dependencies and Updating Packages
17:55 Cleaning and Setting Up Projects
19:58 Tasks, Testing, and TypeScript Toolchain
23:14 TypeScript Development and Conclusion
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Talk: Phil Hawksworth - "Dabbling With Deno — Tales From a Web Developer Playing With a New Toy", Node Congress 2025
After many years and many projects using web technologies, Phil is becoming increasingly excited about changing up some of the tools that are his usual security blanket. After repeatedly campaigning for large clients to embrace tools from the NodeJS ecosystem while it was maturing, why would he consider disrupting that?
In this talk, Phil will speedrun features and utilities of Deno that have him excited, and share information about plans to help the JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystems continue to thrive. We'll look at things like package management and publishing, testing and tooling, writing and hosting serverless functions, and more. All while exposing how and why Phil was once daunted by embracing TypeScript, but is now finding new comfort in the emerging tools on offer.
Watch the full talk in 1080p on GitNation website: gitnation.com/contents/dabbling-with-deno-tales-from-a-web-developer-playing-with-a-new-toy
Follow the link to watch the full version of all the conference talks, QnA’s with speakers and hands-on workshop recordings → gitnation.com/events/node-congress-2025
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction to Phil Hawksworth
01:58 Building Deno and Observing Web Trends
03:00 JavaScript's Ubiquity and the Discovery of Deno
06:00 Exploring Deno and Its Capabilities
08:07 Deno's Functionality and Familiarity
10:45 Enabling Deno in your IDE
11:31 Deno Package Management
14:43 Managing Dependencies and Updating Packages
17:55 Cleaning and Setting Up Projects
19:58 Tasks, Testing, and TypeScript Toolchain
23:14 TypeScript Development and Conclusion
Node Congress website: nodecongress.com
Node Congress on X: instagram.com/nodecongress
Node Congress on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/showcase/node-congress
Node Congress on Instagram: instagram.com/nodecongress
GitNation on TikTok: tiktok.com/@gitnationorg
#NodeCongress #NodeCongress2025 #GitNation
