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title: "What is Deno?"
description: "I design a Cross-platform runtime based on the Chrome V8 engine and implements TypeScript as the default language"
author: "Oscar Barajas Tavares"
language: "en"
canonical: "https://gndx.dev/en/blog/que-es-deno/"
datePublished: "2020-06-07T00:00:00.000Z"
dateModified: "2020-06-07T00:00:00.000Z"
categories: ["others"]
tags: ["deno","youtube","javascript"]
---

# What is Deno?

> I design a Cross-platform runtime based on the Chrome V8 engine and implements TypeScript as the default language

I design a Cross-platform runtime based on the Chrome V8 engine and implements TypeScript as the default language. Deno uses the same architecture as Node (even driven, asynchrony, etc.). In the following video we go into a little detail about the incorporated features and the advantages it would have over NodeJS.

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Fuente canónica: [https://gndx.dev/en/blog/que-es-deno/](https://gndx.dev/en/blog/que-es-deno/)
Autor: [Oscar Barajas Tavares](https://gndx.dev/en/about/)