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Deno is the new JavaScript and TypeScript runtime written in Rust. It offers tight security, TypeScript support out-of-the-box, a single executable to run it. We'll be using one of these libraries, Oak, to build a REST API-based server in Deno. Building a URL shortener we'll use for mapping URLs with their final endpoints.

Designing a URL Shortener in Deno