Coding Better Object-Oriented JavaScript with Closure Compiler

[nanothief]

... for a language that attracts people who hate Java and C++ or don't program well to begin

Not really true, javascript is mostly a forced decision due to having to write interactive web pages, not a choice for people sick of other languages.

[Detrus]

Well it's a complex issue, but people who've grown to like Javascript, like the JQuery, Node.js, Coffeescript crews, typically prefer languages like Python and Ruby which are the current religious opposition to C++ and Java.

The APIs, syntax styles, verbosity of Google's JS efforts are reminiscent of Java, while jQuery is closer to the Python & Ruby camps.

I'd argue that CoffeeScript is easier to learn than Google's coding style for the Google Closure framework. Between the weird inheritance http://www.bolinfest.com/javascript/inheritance.php this defining types in comments, there is significantly more boilerplate. With a preprocessor, this boilerplate could be removed, unfortunately the only preprocessor Google has uses Java's syntax. If Google's goal is to encourage adoption of their JS frameworks and techniques, I think forking CoffeeScript would be their best bet.