How to Modernize Your JavaScript APIs Using Deno and YugabyteDB

With its release in 2018 as a successor to Node.js by its original creator Ryan Dahl, Deno introduces a modern JavaScript runtime built on V8 and Rust, offering features like native TypeScript support, built-in linting and testing, and enhanced security measures. Deno 2.0 further improves performance and adds backward compatibility with Node.js, along with support for importing NPM packages, making it a compelling choice for building JavaScript services. This article explores the creation of a REST API using Deno and YugabyteDB, demonstrating how to set up a project, connect to a database using the YugabyteDB Smart Driver, and implement CRUD operations via the Oak framework. Deno's runtime versatility, along with its security configuration options, allows developers to safely execute necessary program actions while leveraging Deno's PostgreSQL driver for smaller projects. As Deno continues to evolve, its combination of performance benchmarks, web-standard APIs, and TypeScript support positions it as a potential default choice for JavaScript development in the future.