How To Run Deno.js in Docker

What is Deno?

Deno is a simple, modern and secure runtime for JavaScript and TypeScript that uses V8 and is built in Rust.

Fun fact: Deno is an anagram of Node. If you sort() node it becomes deno.

“node”.split(“”).sort().join(“”); // Output: deno

Building Deno Image

deno.dockerfile

docker build . -f .\deno.dockerfile -t YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME/deno:1.6.1-buster-slim

We also can push to docker hub

docker push YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME/deno:1.6.1-buster-slim

src/server.js

dockerfile

Building Hello World Deno Image

docker build . -f .\dockerfile -t YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME/deno-app:v1

Running Hello World Deno Image

docker run -it — rm -p 5000:5000 YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME/deno-app:v1

We also can push to docker hub

docker push YOUR_DOCKER_USERNAME/deno-app:v1

You can find all the code at my GitHub Repository. Drop a star if you find it useful.

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