deno vs ts-node : what's the difference

Question

I\'m working on a relative large typescript project, I\'m using ts-node to run node testing and examples. As far as I understand, ts-node will comp

Answer 1

ts-node is based on Node, while Deno is a completely different and new server-side runtime, with design changes on API, module systems, security model, etc. (which reflects better of the post ES6 developments). Also, the TypeScript compiler lives directly inside of the single Deno executable (through V8 snapshots) and thus should have a shorter startup time.