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Summary
CoffeeScript in Action is a tutorial that teaches you how, where, and why to use CoffeeScript. It begins by quickly exposing you to CoffeeScript's new, but instantly-familiar syntax. Then, you'll explore programming challenges that illustrate CoffeeScript's unique advantages. Language junkies will especially appreciate how this book takes idioms from other programming languages and shows you how CoffeeScript makes them available in JavaScript.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Book
JavaScript runs (almost) everywhere but it can be quirky and awkward. Its cousin CoffeeScript is easier to comprehend and compose. An expressive language, not unlike Ruby or Python, it compiles into standard JavaScript without modification and is a great choice for complex web applications. It runs in any JavaScript-enabled environment and is easy to use with Node.js and Rails.
CoffeeScript in Action teaches you how, where, and why to use CoffeeScript. It immerses you in CoffeeScript's comfortable syntax before diving into the concepts and techniques you need in order to write elegant CoffeeScript programs. Throughout, you'll explore programming challenges that illustrate CoffeeScript's unique advantages. For language junkies, the book explains how CoffeeScript brings idioms from other languages into JavaScript.
What's Inside
- CoffeeScript's syntax and structure
- Web application patterns and best practices
- Prototype-based OOP
- Functional programming
- Asynchronous programming techniques
- Builds and testing
Readers need a basic grasp of web development and how JavaScript works. No prior exposure to CoffeeScript is required.
About the Author
Patrick Lee is a developer, designer, and software consultant, working with design startup Canva in Sydney, Australia.
Table of Contents
PART 1 FOUNDATIONS
- The road to CoffeeScript
- Simplified syntax
- First-class functions
- Dynamic objects
PART 2 COMPOSITION
- Composing objects
- Composing functions
- Style and semantics
- Metaprogramming
- Composing the asynchronous
PART 3 APPLICATIONS
- Driving with tests
- In the browser
- Modules and builds
- ECMAScript and the future of CoffeeScript
Synopsis
At the heart of JavaScript is a beautiful little language. Unfortunately, that inner beauty is clouded with awkward syntax and structure. CoffeeScript is a new way to write JavaScript, providing Ruby-like readability and a more expressive syntax. It compiles into standard JavaScript and works on all implementations without modification.
CoffeeScript in Action is a tutorial that teaches how, where, and why to use CoffeeScript. It begins by quickly exposing readers to CoffeeScript's new, but instantly-familiar syntax. Then, it explores programming challenges that illustrate CoffeeScript's unique advantages. Language junkies will especially appreciate how this book takes idioms from other programming languages and shows how CoffeeScript makes them available in JavaScript.
Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.
About the Author
Patrick Lee is a developer, designer, and recovering consultant. He works with a startup called Canva.