CoffeeScript and JavaScript (Interview)

Wynn and special guest host Micheil Smith sat down with Jeremy Ashkenas from DocumentCloud to chat about CoffeeScript, a cool language that compiles to JavaScript. Join the discussion Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Featuring: Wynn Netherland – GitHub, X Show Notes: CoffeeScript - a cool language that compiles to JavaScript. DocumentCloud - an index of primary source documents and a tool for annotating, organizing and publishing them on the web. Haskell - an advanced purely functional programming language Everything in CoffeeScript is an expression Switch statements in CoffeeScript compile to if/else chains CoffeeScript has powerful comprehensions for Arrays, Objects, and Ranges Existential operator should look familiar to Rubyists Splats make JavaScript arguments even easier ECMAScript 5.0 - the latest JavaScript standard ECMAScript Harmony CoffeeScript’s String Interpolation CoffeeScript’s Class/inheritance features Function binding - as President Clinton said “It depends on what your definition of ‘this’ is…” ;-) Jeremy loves working with <canvas> to create Buddhabrot Fractals Node.js finds its way into every episode! NPM is the new standard for Node Package Management JSLint cleans up your JavaScripts. Jade gives your JavaScript Haml envy from TJ Holowaychuk Lincoln Shire Poacher - RaphaelJS graphics from Chris Lloyd Underscore.js - featured in Episode 0.0.5 Comet @CoffeeScript - Unofficial Twitter account Join us in #coffeescript on Freenode Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!