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Watch this 35-minute talk by Phil Hawksworth titled "Dabbling With Deno — Tales From a Web Developer Playing With a New Toy" from Node Congress 2025. Discover why an experienced web developer is excited about changing his usual tools after years of advocating for NodeJS. Explore Deno's compelling features through a comprehensive speedrun covering package management and publishing, testing tools, serverless functions hosting, and more. Learn how Phil overcame his initial hesitation about TypeScript and found comfort in Deno's emerging toolset. The presentation covers Deno's functionality and familiarity, IDE integration, dependency management, project setup, testing capabilities, and TypeScript toolchain advantages. Perfect for developers curious about alternatives in the JavaScript ecosystem and how Deno might fill gaps in their current development workflow.
