[raincole]

The funny thing is how ubiquitous TypeScript/JavaScript is. There is no escape. I also only use four languages: C#, F# (for DSL), Powershell (for deployment) and... TypeScript.

Despite we have different tastes in language and are in completely different ecosystems, TypeScript is still the lingua franca lol.

[zelphirkalt]

Whether there is any escape from JS/TS is a matter of what you are building and who is around you. If you are building SPAs all day, then sure, you will probably have to deal with the JS/TS ecosystem. If you are just building websites, then basically any traditional web framework would do. Only that then it depends on whether you have to work with people, who don't know web basics or people who want to use JS web frameworks even when there is no need, in majority, so that you get no choice, but to work as a team.

In theory most websites could be done statically with rendered HTML and CSS and maybe a little bit JS, but not mandatory, and having noscript fallback flows. MPAs are fine for most things and having noscript fallback flows can also be done kind of systematically, and in many cases isn't that difficult. Just that these days not many people bother or care.