I am happy to see Deno v1.0 is out now. I like the ES modules support, TS first approach, top level async/await, etc. It compiles and caches the TS files, don't need additional setup to support TS right away.
I am not sure about not using the package.json though, I kinda like it as it is the central point to manage all dependencies in NodeJS projects.
Good points. Visual Studio community edition is free for the individual developers. It is a full-featured IDE, same edition like VS Professional. In a non-enterprise organization, up to 5 developers can use the VS, of course after that they will start charging. IMO: Great for startups and indies.
Looking forward to playing with it more.