There's nothing like a proper language, any language that let's you communicate clearly is a proper language and so is Javascript. However javascript has tons

There's nothing like a proper language, any language that let's you communicate clearly is a proper language and so is Javascript. However javascript has tons of wart, and as much as I personally hate it. I believe it's a great lang for prototype. My approach these days is to prototype with javascript and rewrite in whatever my target language is.