> What would you recommend to someone averse to js I guess it depends on what your concerns are: • If you're worried about too many libraries to pick from, I'

> What would you recommend to someone averse to js I guess it depends on what your concerns are: • If you're worried about too many libraries to pick from, I'd just go with the most popular ones. React is a pretty solid choice. • If you're worried about config being a pain, I'd recommend going with one of the starter tools like Create React App. Build tools are indeed a bit complex, but hopefully that's getting better over time. • If you're scared by lack of type safety or worried about language quirks, I'd recommend TypeScript. (Flow is also quite good.) In particular, TypeScript (and Flow) provides much more flexible static typing than I've used in any other mainstream language. You get the nice navigation, autocomplete, and static checking that you'd expect from a typed language, and I've found that I spend much less time needing to think about how to write my code in a way that appeases the type system. Here's a tutorial that hits all of the points above: https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-React-Starter https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript-React-Starter