Being typed would make it harder, not easier for a JS dev. Syntax is a very surface-level difference and is basically a rounding error in cases like this after

Being typed would make it harder, not easier for a JS dev. Syntax is a very surface-level difference and is basically a rounding error in cases like this after the very initial stages. If I were to try to make the argument for you, I'd point to some of Elixir's more powerful abstractions like protocols and macros as a reason Elixir might be harder for JS devs. In reality, though, I found it very straightforward to learn as a JS dev, and that was back in 2016 when the documentation was much worse.