Coffeescript: Six Reasons and a Movie

A short presentation on the benefits of using coffeescript, plus a movie recommendation (or two!). Presented at Barcamp Nashville 2012.

Transcript

1. COFFEESCRIPT SIX REASONS AND A MOVIE
2. WINSTON HEARN
3. WINSTON HEARN FREYA
4. WINSTON HEARN WIN IV
6. JUNIOR FRONT-END DEV BY DAY
8. MOTION GRAPHICS MAKER BY NIGHT
9. A MOVIE
10. A MOVIE
11. A MOVIE
12. COFFEESCRIPT WHAT IS ?
13. COFFEESCRIPT
14. IS A LITTLE LANGUAGE COFFEESCRIPT THAT COMPILES
15. IS A LITTLE LANGUAGE COFFEESCRIPT JAVASCRIPT THAT COMPILES
16. .COFFEE WRITTEN IN FILES
17. COMPILERS THERE ARE MANY
18. COMPILERS THERE ARE MANY COMMAND LINE
19. COMPILERS THERE ARE MANY COMMAND LINE GUI
20. COMPILERS THERE ARE MANY COMMAND LINE GUI FRAMEWORK SPECIFIC
21. COFFEESCRIPT WORKS WITH
22. ALL-THE-THINGS COFFEESCRIPT WORKS WITH
23. ALL-THE-THINGS COFFEESCRIPT WORKS WITH .JS
24. JQUERY YES, THAT MEANS WORKS FINE
25. COFFEESCRIPT YOU CAN WRITE
26. COFFEESCRIPT YOU CAN WRITE WITHIN HOURS
27. COFFEESCRIPT WHY ?
28. COFFEESCRIPT
29. COFFEESCRIPT 1 MAKES YOUR CODE EASIER TO READ
30. JAVASCRIPT
31. JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT
32. JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT FORGET CURLY BRACKETS & SEMICOLONS
33. THINK INDENTATION
34. NO COMMAS
35. NO COMMAS FOR JSON & MULTILINE ARRAYS
36. SYMBOLS
37. SYMBOLS INSTEAD OF WORDS
38. SYMBOLS INSTEAD OF WORDS
39. SYMBOLS INSTEAD OF WORDS -> FUNCTION
40. SYMBOLS INSTEAD OF WORDS @ THIS
41. COFFEESCRIPT
42. COFFEESCRIPT 2 WRITES BETTER JS THAN YOU DO
43. VARIABLES ARE SCOPED
44. VARIABLES ARE SCOPED
45. COFFEESCRIPT WRITES JAVASCRIPT
46. THE LONG WAY COFFEESCRIPT WRITES JAVASCRIPT
47. THE LONG WAY COFFEESCRIPT WRITES JAVASCRIPT
48. COFFEESCRIPT
49. COFFEESCRIPT 3 SIMPLIFIES JS OPERATORS
50. == === != !== WHAT THE HELL DO THE OPERATORS DO?
51. == IS COFFEESCRIPT GIVES YOU AND != ISNT
52. JAVASCRIPT &&
53. JAVASCRIPT && COFFEESCRIPT AND
54. JAVASCRIPT ||
55. JAVASCRIPT || COFFEESCRIPT OR
56. COFFEESCRIPT
57. COFFEESCRIPT 4 SUPERCHARGES JAVASCRIPT
58. BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT
59. UNLESS BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT
60. BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT
61. THEN BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT
62. BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT
63. IN BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT
64. BEHOLD COFFEESCRIPT
65. ? BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT
66. BEHOLD COFFEESCRIPT
67. ... .. BEHOLD JAVASCRIPT COFFEESCRIPT AND
68. BEHOLD
69. CLASSES BEHOLD
70. AND MORE!
71. COFFEESCRIPT
72. COFFEESCRIPT 5 MAKES YOUR LIFE EASIER
73. OUR JOB IS TO
74. SOLVE PROBLEMS OUR JOB IS TO NOT WORRY ABOUT {} AND ;
75. THE BEST CODE IS
76. READABLE THE BEST CODE IS AND COFFESCRIPT WINS
77. RAMP UP IS MINIMAL
78. SPEED GAINS RAMP UP IS MINIMAL ARE AWESOME
79. LEARN MORE SO HOW DO I ?
80. WWW.COFFEESCRIPT.ORG HTTP://ARCTURO.GITHUB.COM/LIBRARY/COFFEESCRIPT/ LANGUAGE REFERENCE A LITTLE BOOK ON COFFEESCRIPT HTTP://INCIDENT57.COM/CODEKIT/ CODEKIT
81. THANKS hello@wnstn.com www.winstonhearn.com