React is the main driver for JS not some server-side BS.
The classic scripting arg. JS is a poor choice for scripting and hence, not used for it that much anymore.
Are you aware that Deno is very new? I wouldn't say that Ryan Dahl got left behind because everyone hasn't switched to Node yet. There is a large amount of interest in Deno, exemplified by how frequently Deno projects make it to the front page of HN.
> React is the main driver for JS not some server-side BS.
Haha. Just because you hate JS doesn't change reality.
> The classic scripting arg. JS is a poor choice for scripting and hence, not used for it that much anymore.
This statement doesn't make sense. It never was very popular as a Bash replacement, if that's what you're meaning. And otherwise, it is the only option for browser interactivity. So it doesn't make sense what you're saying.
React was the first framework that requires the coder to really understand and utilize the modern features of JS.
Scripting something simple or spinning up a simple endpoint have always been arguments for NodeJS. R always talks about this. Terrible ground for decision making.
He describes it as a post-Unix web framework (i.e. built on serverless primitives like cloudflare workers/deno deploy) with the goal of <10s deployment (which he says requires JIT compilation on first-request)