@clacke @y0x3y Well, that's obviously true, but even if you don't know TS (or JS) you can launch the compiler write JS and get better error messages, type inference and IDE support for free.

For your other point you can run TS in node with ts-node.

@y0x3y Well, there are many features that almost no-one uses, the core is the same. The browser is a huge rabbit-hole, indeed

@y0x3y btw better start with TypeScript - it will be much easier to learn, because of the IDE and also that's what almost all people use these days.

@y0x3y If you know Lua it's basically the same.