[Free] Coffeescript: The Good Partswrite Better Javascript

The good and not so good parts of CoffeeScript in comparison to JavaScript. – Free Course

Added on October 16, 2020 Development 1 min read

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