• CoffeeScript is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way. The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: “It’s just JavaScript.”
  • Although CoffeeScript is considered a “dead” language, I’ve selected it as the core topic of this article due to its easy-to-read and easily transferrable syntax.
  • CoffeeScript neatly sidesteps these by only exposing a curated selection of JavaScript features, fixing many of the language's oddities.
  • CoffeeScript is an easier syntax for JavaScript. ... I used CoffeeScript as development language because it was very easy to write and read in contrast to ES5.
  • # Install locally for a project: npm install --save-dev coffeescript #. Install globally to execute .coffee files anywhere: npm install --global coffeescript.
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  • CoffeeScript: Accelerated JavaScript Development, Second Edition is now available from PragProg. https://pragprog.com/book/tbcoffee2/coffeescript
  • Also, parentheses can usually be omitted, using indentation level instead to denote a function or block. Thus, the CoffeeScript equivalent of the snippet above is
  • The tool that the website offers will allow you to create your CoffeeScript coding and then compile it into JavaScript.
  • Start using coffeescript in your project by running `npm i coffeescript`. There are 631 other projects in the npm registry using coffeescript.
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  • It can insert dynamic text into HTML. Browser’s language is another name for JavaScript. TypeScript and CoffeeScript, both are dynamic JavaScript languages.