What Is CoffeeScript?
CoffeeScript
is a very simple, small programming language that compiles into JavaScript.
The main purpose of CoffeeScript is –
ü Write
simple and better code
ü More
relevant syntax and
ü Avoiding
the irregular nature of JavaScript code
CoffeeScript
is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way.
CoffeeScript
was designed and developed by Jeremy
Ashkenas in Dec, 2009.
Jeremy
Ashkenas was inspired by Python, Ruby and Haskell and it adopted syntax and coding
styles from them which makes it very useful and unique.
1. Filename
extensions- coffee, .litcoffee
2. First
appeared- Dec 13, 2009
3. Stable
release- 2.0.0 / Sep 18, 2017
4. Designed
by- Jeremy Ashkenas
5. Influenced
by- Haskell, JavaScript, Perl, Python,
Ruby, YAML
6. License-
MIT License
The
CoffeeScript Latest Version is - 2.2.2
1. Install
locally for a project - npm install
--save-dev coffeescript
2. Install
globally to execute .coffee files - npm
install --global coffeescript
What Are the basic rules to remember for CoffeeScript?
The Rules for CoffeeScript is -
1. Whitespace
matters
2. No
parentheses
What Are the advantages of CoffeeScript over JavaScript?
1. Lots
of less code with CoffeeScript rather than JavaScript.
2. Easier
to perform with CoffeScript rather than JavaScript
3. Contains
lightweight add-ons.
What Are the disadvantages of CoffeeScript?
1. CoffeeScript
includes an additional compilation step while compilation - compiles into
JavaScript
2. Only
limited resources are available for CoffeeScript.
Are there particular types of JavaScript development that would
benefit from CoffeeScript?
Myself, I’m used CoffeeScript for web
development, game development and others that I want to end up in JavaScript.
Regardless of what libraries you are building for, the output of CoffeeScript
is JavaScript, so there is nothing that it cannot do.
What's New In CoffeeScript 2?
Major new features in CoffeeScript 2 are -
1. CoffeeScript
2 include async functions
2. CoffeeScript
2 include JSX
3. Support
for modern JavaScript syntax
4. CoffeeScript
2 compiler produces modern JavaScript syntax - ES6, or ES2015 and others
What Is the difference between variables in CoffeeScript and
JavaScript?
In the JavaScript, you have to add semicolon at
the end of statements while in the CoffeeScript no need to add semicolon at the
end of the statements.
What Is function in CoffeeScript?
A function in CoffeeScript is an Optional list of
parameters followed by an arrow (->),
and then the function body.
The example looks like-
// square = (x) -> x * x
// cube = (x) -> square(x) * x
// log = (message) -> console.log
message
Why Is CoffeeScript getting popularity day by day?
CoffeeScript is most popular language in GitHub.
Currently, it is on 11the place on GitHub and the main purpose is to produce simple,
little JavaScript without writing much code.
Reasons behind the popularity -
1. Very
Little Coding is required when programming in CoffeeScript as compared to
JavaScript.
2. CoffeeScript
includes all the good features of JavaScript.
3. You
can use any existing JavaScript library seamlessly with CoffeeScript.
Is it possible to bind parameters to properties in CoffeeScript?
Yes!, you can bind parameters to properties in
CoffeeScript by using @ shorthand
and It can also be used to define class functions.
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