--- title: Best Deno posts — May 2025 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Deno posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/sources/deno/best-of/2025/05 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/sources/deno/best-of/2025/05 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Deno posts — May 2025 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Deno posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Deno — May 2025 1. 1 [](https://daily.dev/posts/a-brief-history-of-javascript-knsjjbd6b "A Brief History of JavaScript") Article Deno·1y A Brief History of JavaScript JavaScript has evolved over 30 years from a simple web scripting language to a dominant force in web development. Key moments include its creation by Brendan Eich in 1995, its standardization as ECMAScript, the rise of frameworks like jQuery and Angular, and the advent of new runtimes like Node.js and Deno. Recent developments include JavaScript in serverless computing, frameworks like React and Vue, and the continuous updates to ECMAScript standards. 113 5 2. 2 [](https://daily.dev/posts/an-update-on-fresh-womytdj9h "An Update on Fresh") Article Deno·1y An Update on Fresh Fresh, the web framework built by Deno, is progressing towards its version 2.0\. Despite delays caused by necessary improvements to the core Deno platform, Fresh 2.0 is already powering deno.com and Deno Deploy. Fresh 2.0 brings new extensibility, speed enhancements, simplified APIs, and a robust plugin system, aiming for a stable release by late Q3 2025\. Developers are encouraged to try out the pre-release alpha and provide feedback. 27 1 [See all Deno archives](/sources/deno/best-of) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/deno/best-of/2025/05#page","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/deno/best-of/2025/05","name":"Best Deno Posts — May 2025","description":"The most upvoted Deno posts from May 2025, curated by the daily.dev community.","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","url":"https://daily.dev"}},{"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://daily.dev/sources/deno/best-of/2025/05#items","numberOfItems":2,"itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/a-brief-history-of-javascript-knsjjbd6b","name":"A Brief History of JavaScript"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"url":"https://daily.dev/posts/an-update-on-fresh-womytdj9h","name":"An Update on Fresh"}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sources","item":"https://daily.dev/sources"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Deno","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/deno"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"Best of","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/deno/best-of"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"name":"May 2025"}]}]} ```