# A Guide to Deno Core

## What is this?

This is a guide to the design and structure of Deno, a secure server-side TypeScript runtime.

This guide is created and maintained by some contributors to Deno.

### Authors

1. [@kevinkassimo](https://github.com/kevinkassimo)
2. [@monkingxue](https://github.com/monkingxue)

### Translation

1. [Chinese](https://github.com/denolib/guide/tree/master/chinese)
   * By [@caijw](https://github.com/caijw)

## Before You Start

If you are not familiar with Deno yet, we recommend checking out the following resources:

1. [10 Things I Regret About Node.js - Ryan Dahl - JSConf EU 2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3BM9TB-8yA)
2. [JSDC 2018#A01 - Deno, A New Server-Side Runtime By Ryan Dahl](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlTG0UXRAkE)
3. [Official Deno Documentation](https://github.com/denoland/deno/blob/master/Docs.md)

## DISCLAIMER

**THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT.**

This document has no affiliation with the `denoland` organization and its collaborators.


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