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authorRyan Dahl <ry@tinyclouds.org>2019-02-21 23:22:44 -0500
committerBert Belder <bertbelder@gmail.com>2019-02-21 20:22:44 -0800
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| :------------------------: | :------------------------: |
| [![][tci badge]][tci link] | [![][avy badge]][avy link] |
-See documentation at https://deno.land/
-
<!-- prettier-ignore -->
[avy badge]: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/yel7wtcqwoy0to8x?branch=master&svg=true
[avy link]: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/deno/deno
[tci badge]: https://travis-ci.com/denoland/deno.svg?branch=master
[tci link]: https://travis-ci.com/denoland/deno
-Deno uses Rust, V8, and TypeScript to provide a productive and secure scripting
-environment for the modern programmer.
+Deno is a browser-like command line program for executing JavaScript.
+
+Deno aims to provide a productive and secure scripting environment for the
+modern programmer. It is built on top of V8, Rust, and TypeScript.
+
+Please read the [introduction](https://deno.land/manual.html#introduction) for
+more specifics.
[Website](https://deno.land/)
-[Manual](https://deno.land/manual.html#introduction)
+[Manual](https://deno.land/manual.html)
[Install](https://github.com/denoland/deno_install)
@@ -29,6 +32,6 @@ environment for the modern programmer.
[Releases](Releases.md)
-[Chat root](https://gitter.im/denolife/Lobby)
+[Chat](https://gitter.im/denolife/Lobby)
[More links](https://github.com/denolib/awesome-deno)