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CoffeeScript - Spartan Javascript
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Nick Quaranto
January 16, 2013
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CoffeeScript - Spartan Javascript
Going over the basics of CoffeeScript. Given at BarCampRochester and BuffaloJS.
Nick Quaranto
January 16, 2013
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Transcript
R R CoffeeScript @qrush BarCampRoc Apr 2013 Spartan JavaScript
None
JavaScript as a language is Not Verbose
Good JS is OO
Good JS is Concise
CoffeeScript is “Just JS”
CoffeeScript writes Good JS
CoffeeScript is Spartan!
a new battle! http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshab/1578426589/
the closest I’ve felt to the power I had 20
years ago in Smalltalk ~Ward Cunningham
it was the first time I experienced language envy ~DHH
I use both ~Brendan Eich
function foo() { }
function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func foo()
function foo( function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func
function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func foo()
function foo( function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func
this
this
foo = function() { return 1 + 1; }
foo = () -> 1 + 1
bar = function(x) { return x + 1; }
bar = (x) -> x + 1
_.bind(fn, obj) http://underscorejs.org/#bind http://coffeescript.org#fat_arrow
baz = () => this.foo()
foz = () => @foo()
$ -> new ItemsRouter() Backbone.history.start()
$ -> new ItemsRouter() Backbone.history.start()
more features
indents are scope
last statements implicitly return
all vars local by default
easier object syntax
title: "Sparta!" author: name: "Leonidas" handle: "theking" apples: 1
string interpolation
var html = "<option value='" + this.id + "'>" +
this.get("title") + "</option>";
"<option value='#{@id}'> #{@get("title")}</option>"
"<option value='#{@id}'> #{@get("title")}</option>"
inheritance actually works
class Item extends Backbone.Model url: -> "/events/#{@id}"
loops are less painful
None
nums = [4, 5, 6] for i in nums console.log
i 4 5 6
comprehensions compact code
nums = [1, 2, 3] [ 1, 2, 3 ]
sq = (n * n for n in nums) [ 1, 4, 9 ]
nums = [1, 2, 3] [ 1, 2, 3 ]
sq = (n * n for n in nums) [ 1, 4, 9 ]
conditionals and loops can be inline
console.log("Sparta!") if true Sparta! console.log("Persia!") unless false Sparta!
x = 6 6 x += 1 while x <
10 [ 7, 8, 9, 10 ] x 10
get existential
spear? false spear = -> "Throw!" [Function] spear? true
window.bcx ?= {} {}
startWaiting: -> @waitTimeout ?= setTimeout => @$container.addClass "waiting" , 300
stopWaiting: -> if @waitTimeout? clearTimeout @waitTimeout @waitTimeout = null @$container.removeClass "waiting"
meet your enemies
None
making coffee • Rails: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/ asset_pipeline.html • Jekyll & Rake:
https://gist.github.com/4496420 • Node: npm install coffee • Anything else: Less.app http://incident57.com/less/
debugging is not terrible
http://alexspeller.com/
some silly keywords
yes, true, on no, false, off
more info • http://coffeescript.org • http://coffeescript.codeschool.com/ • http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/ 9251081564/coffeescript-spartan- javascript