In 2023, Deno shifted into high gear with respect to Node/npm compatibility and performance work, while continuing to move towards our goal of radically simplifying web development. Here’s a summary of what changed in 2023: Deno now understands package.json files and has the ability to import built-in Node modules using node: specifiers like node:fs and node:crypto. Read more. A new web server API, Deno.serve, was stabilized and HTTP throughput improved ~73% over the year. deno compile got suppo...