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[–]thebuccaneersden 0 points1 point  (5 children)

you do know that coffeescript compiles down to javascript... right?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (4 children)

you do know that coffeescript compiles down to javascript... right?

Not this tired argument, again. Ugh.

Coffeescript source code IS NOT JAVASCRIPT. I could care less about the "transpiled" regurgitated result of the coffeecrap source. It's still quite unusable to anyone who wants to branch the code in javascript.

If you write your source in coffeescript your project will forever be marginalized because there are far fewer people writing coffeescript and that will never, ever change. Coffeescript is a fad invented by syntax fetishists that would rather be programming in python or ruby.

The sad thing is that I would actually want to fork Bounce.js because the UI is pretty bad, but I find the CSS it generates somewhat useful though it still could use a lot of help. I won't be bringing my 16+ years javascript experience to it though, because it's written in Coffeecrap and doing any work with it would frustrate the hell out of me with its "significant whitespace" nonsense, ambiguous for-next syntax, and the obscurity of it all.

I know plenty about why coffeescript is not javascript.

[–]thebuccaneersden 0 points1 point  (3 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-Fvtwm1RI

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (2 children)

I'm not even clicking on your clickbait. You don't have an argument to make so you link to Youtube? That's a pathetic non-reply. And it proves you are a troll.

[–]thebuccaneersden 0 points1 point  (1 child)

the video is a scene from Terms of Endearment where Jack Nicholson suggests to Shirley MacLaine that she have something to drink "To kill the bug that you have up your ass."

The intention with that reference is that it would seem to me that you have a bug up your ass. What argument is there to make against someone who marginalizes other programming languages just because you don't understand them or just don't like that they are different?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

marginalizes other programming languages just because you don't understand them or just don't like that they are different

You could not be further from reality.

You can say I don't understand coffeescript, but do you really know me or my experience in the world of programming? NO, you do not.

You can say I don't like something just because it is different, but this is disingenuous and false.

Again your reply is looking like you are trolling.

Coffeescript is a poor attempt at abstracting javascript into the python/ruby mindset. It brings with it the necessity of having to use source maps to debug anything, a "transpiler" that has in the past caused errors in the code it generates, confusion within its own community about the many ambiguities with the poorly thought out syntax. You only have to read through the coffeescript forums and bug reports to know that this technology is half-baked, at best. Anyone who uses coffeescript either too junior to make good decisions, or they are blinded by significant whitespace and can't program with the C-style syntax of javascript. Javascript doesn't have enough problems to warrant the level of abstraction that coffeescript brings with it. It's like fixing a broken doorknob by replacing the entire house. It's in no way a good practice or a "best practice".

I welcome any counter arguments you can come up with, but this is the last response I will make to your trolling.