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Just use Kotlin to write your JS/TS
the fuck? TIL
You can also do this with dart. I swear there was another "new" language which could also be compiled to JS as well.
There are a lot of programming languages that compile down to JavaScript. I used to be big into Dart, but lost interest when they became solely focused on Flutter.
I personally like using Haxe as it compiles to actual readable JavaScript (and, for fun, a bunch of other languages).
Scala can also compile to JS.
Best place to learn it?
Kotlin Koans is a good hands on intro, especially if you're already familiar with Java.
Kotlin for Javascript