Every programmer has a favorite language or two. JavaScript lovers are the luckiest these days because their language is taking over the Internet and the Internet is taking over the world. Those whose hearts reside elsewhere in the programming language world, however, are stuck. They can either stay on the sidelines and curse the relentless juggernaut of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Node.js, or they can find a way to love it.

Luckily, there is a third way that allows you to enjoy the pleasures of your favorite language while still deploying your code to the ever-expanding world of JavaScript: Simply convert your code, which can be surprisingly easy. Performance may suffer a bit, but often much less than you might imagine. Then you can ship your code to browsers and quit trying to get people to install executable files.

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