>I'm a front-end dev and I got into Clojure and Elm because of some books/libraries for functional programming in Javascript. It's doubtful I would've ever had enough interest to learn if no one in those communities made an effort to translate some of their concepts into a language that I already use.

That's the way most front-end devs learn new things. People talk about FP attitude here, but it is no-www attitude actually.