Deno - Simplifying Software Distribution with Tea and Deno

2023/07/25

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In a guest blog written by Max Howell, the creator of Homebrew and founder/CEO of tea, he discusses the challenges of distributing open source software and how tea solves this problem. Tea is a command-line universal interpreter, environment manager, and dependency manager that uses blockchain technology to compensate open source software maintainers. Since its launch in November 2022, tea has gained over 10,000 users and continues to grow.

One of the biggest obstacles to adopting open source software is the distribution process. To address this, Max Howell was inspired by Deno's one-binary approach and utilized deno compile. With deno compile, developers can write in TypeScript and compile their applications into a single binary executable. This eliminates the need for users to have Node installed and go through additional configuration steps.

Deno's robust built-in toolchain for linting, typechecking, testing, and compiling also simplifies the build and release process. By using Deno and GitHub Actions, Max Howell's team was able to streamline their workflow and spend more time building their product.

Overall, tea and Deno provide developers with a simplified and efficient way to distribute and access open source software, making it easier for users to download and use packages on any platform.