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R R CoffeeScript @qrush BarCampRoc Apr 2013 Spartan JavaScript
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JavaScript as a language is Not Verbose
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Good JS is OO
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Good JS is Concise
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CoffeeScript is “Just JS”
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CoffeeScript writes Good JS
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CoffeeScript is Spartan!
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a new battle! http://www.flickr.com/photos/pshab/1578426589/
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the closest I’ve felt to the power I had 20 years ago in Smalltalk ~Ward Cunningham
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it was the first time I experienced language envy ~DHH
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I use both ~Brendan Eich
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function foo() { }
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function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func
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function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func foo() function foo( function foo() func
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this
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this
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foo = function() { return 1 + 1; }
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foo = () -> 1 + 1
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bar = function(x) { return x + 1; }
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bar = (x) -> x + 1
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_.bind(fn, obj) http://underscorejs.org/#bind http://coffeescript.org#fat_arrow
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baz = () => this.foo()
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foz = () => @foo()
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$ -> new ItemsRouter() Backbone.history.start()
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$ -> new ItemsRouter() Backbone.history.start()
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more features
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indents are scope
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last statements implicitly return
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all vars local by default
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easier object syntax
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title: "Sparta!" author: name: "Leonidas" handle: "theking" apples: 1
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string interpolation
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var html = "" + this.get("title") + "";
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" #{@get("title")}"
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" #{@get("title")}"
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inheritance actually works
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class Item extends Backbone.Model url: -> "/events/#{@id}"
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loops are less painful
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nums = [4, 5, 6] for i in nums console.log i 4 5 6
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comprehensions compact code
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nums = [1, 2, 3] [ 1, 2, 3 ] sq = (n * n for n in nums) [ 1, 4, 9 ]
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nums = [1, 2, 3] [ 1, 2, 3 ] sq = (n * n for n in nums) [ 1, 4, 9 ]
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conditionals and loops can be inline
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console.log("Sparta!") if true Sparta! console.log("Persia!") unless false Sparta!
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x = 6 6 x += 1 while x < 10 [ 7, 8, 9, 10 ] x 10
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get existential
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spear? false spear = -> "Throw!" [Function] spear? true
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window.bcx ?= {} {}
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startWaiting: -> @waitTimeout ?= setTimeout => @$container.addClass "waiting" , 300 stopWaiting: -> if @waitTimeout? clearTimeout @waitTimeout @waitTimeout = null @$container.removeClass "waiting"
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meet your enemies
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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/
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debugging is not terrible
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http://alexspeller.com/
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some silly keywords
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yes, true, on no, false, off
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more info • http://coffeescript.org • http://coffeescript.codeschool.com/ • http://robots.thoughtbot.com/post/ 9251081564/coffeescript-spartan- javascript