[Free] Coffeescript: The Good Partswrite Better Javascript
The good and not so good parts of CoffeeScript in comparison to JavaScript. – Free Course
What you’ll learn
- Understand CoffeeScript syntax (semicolons, whitespace, parentheses)
- Understand automatic var insertion mechanism and while manual var might be bad in native JavaScript
- Use CoffeeScript conditions
- Use CoffeeScript functions (fat and skinny arrow ones)
- Use CoffeeScript classes
- Use CoffeeScript arrays
- Use CoffeeScript splats
- Use CoffeeScript comprehensions
Requirements
- Basic JavaScript skills
Description
The CoffeeScript is a language that was built on top of JavaScript. CoffeeScript has some added benefits and its code is compiled into native JavaScript for execution. The CoffeeScript pros include: better syntax, function and class construction patterns, automatic var insertion, comprehensions and others.Most of these perks will be obvious once we take a look at some examples. This quick language reference can get you started with CoffeeScript:
- Semicolons, Whitespace and Parentheses Vars
- Conditions
- Functions
- Classes
- Arrays
- Splats
- Comprehensions
This course is prepared by the author of nine (9!) books on JavaScript and NodeJS. This course has video presentation as well as documents.
Author(s): Azat Mardan