For questions about CoffeeScript - a little language that compiles into JavaScript.
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CoffeeScript and Named Functions
Elsewhere: an argument has arisen over the terminology of a named function in CoffeeScript. In particular somebody refereed to something like this
foo = ->
console.log("bar")
as a named ...
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coffeescript vs typescript vs JSX vs dart vs fantom [closed]
TypeScript website offer the following D3 example is there any comparison of the same D3 codes for the following languages available:
CoffeeScript
TypeScript
JSX
Dart
Fantom
It would be ...
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How is CoffeeScript influenced by Haskell?
I've been using CoffeeScript for a while now. On Wikipedia, it is said that CoffeeScript is influenced by Haskell. But after I check out the syntax of Haskell, I have found little resemblance from ...
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What is the reason behind the if syntax of CoffeeScript?
In most other languages the condition comes before the statement to be executed when the condition is met. However, in CoffeeScript (and maybe some other languages) the syntax is:
number = -42 if ...
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Language Design: Are languages like Python and CoffeeScript really more comprehensible?
The "Verbally Readable !== Quicker Comprehension" argument on http://ryanflorence.com/2011/case-against-coffeescript/ is really potent and interesting. I and I'm sure others would be very interested ...
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What are the pros and cons of Coffeescript?
Of course one big pro is the amount of syntactic sugar leading to shorter code in a lot of cases. On http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ there are impressive examples. On the other hand I have ...
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What are the benefits of using both Scalate and Jade?
I recently did a little "tool roundup": If I were to program a website in Scala and Coffeescript, what frameworks would I go for?
I came across this great presentation: ...
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Should I invest time learning Coffeescript? [closed]
I am a freelancer and I earn my bread and butter by helping others write better java-script code. I have good experience with most of the JavaScript frameworks around.
I am wondering if it is worth ...
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Learning on the Job: JavaScript, CoffeeScript, BackBone and jQuery
I have avoided JavaScript for as long as I could.
I simply think that it is a very, very dirty scripting language. I have nothing against curly braces, I work with PHP almost every day, I'm fine with ...
