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The JavaScript-based Node.js platform was introduced in 2009, by Ryan Dahl, for Linux and MacOS, as a more scalable alternative to the Apache HTTP Server. NPM, written by Isaac Schlueter, launched ...

Deno, a secure JavaScript and TypeScript runtime devised by Node.js creator Ryan Dahl, is close to a 1.0 release, Dahl said this week. Dahl also elaborated on features in the works for Deno.