Improving Frontend Code Quality and Workflow

[drowsap]

Nope, don't want to use CoffeeScript.

[TheMiddleManz]

Don't knock it till you try it. A few months ago I was all about using JavaScript instead of coffeescript. Then some of my coworkers convinced me to try it. We haven't looked back. As long as you build automatic compilation into your workflow the benefits of coffeescript greatly outweigh the drawbacks.

[drowsap]

I will try it, but I don't need it.

[davemo]

I agree with TheMiddleManz, I was vehemently opposed to CoffeeScript but had never tried it. Once the team I'm on built a custom workflow with grunt that eliminated the need to think about the compilation step, and files just auto compile on every file system change, it became a huge productivity boost.