# Deno 2.0 Is Here, and It's Scaly

DevFeed: [Deno 2.0 Is Here, and It's Scaly](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/deno-2-0-is-here-and-it-s-scaly-5185.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://neon.com/blog/deno-2-0-is-here-and-its-scaly>)

Author: Andrew Tate

Published: 2024-10-15T16:00:19Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Blog -- Neon Docs](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/blog-neon-docs.md>)

Topics: [Deno](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deno.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>), [Dependency management](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dependency-management.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/npm.md>), [ECMAScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ecmascript.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>)

Tags: [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [dependencies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependencies.md>), [dependency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dependency.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [npm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/npm.md>), [portable](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/portable.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

The article introduces Deno 2.0 and explains how its direct Node.js and npm compatibility can reduce the cost of adopting Deno. It contrasts Deno's simpler dependency model, based on URL imports with fetched and cached dependencies, against Node.js projects using npm and package.json. The article highlights cleaner project structures, portability, version locking, and dependency integrity checks.

## Source excerpt

Deno is now six years old. Built by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl to address what he saw as the mistakes of Node, the motivation behind Deno was simple. Node.js was too complex, too insecure, and had drifted away from JavaScript in how it worked. Deno would align with ECMAScript and...