When to use deno add compared to import with a prefix?

As the title says, I can import like this:

import { parse } from "jsr:@std/csv/parse";

import { parse } from "jsr:@std/csv/parse";

And it will work, but there is also deno add, which I'm recommended to use if I import from @std/csv/parse. When should I use deno add?

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marvinh.•7mo ago

Rule of thumb: Use inline jsr:/ npm: specifiers for simple scripts and define deps in deno.json for more complex projects. Being able to look up all dependencies of a project in one file makes it easier to manage them and automate it via tooling like deno outdated

ciscoheatOP•7mo ago

Ok, thank you!

When to use deno add compared to import with a prefix?

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