Book description
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.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- Brief Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About this Book
- About the Cover Illustration
- Part 1. Foundations
- Part 2. Composition
- Part 3. Applications
- Appendix A. Reserved words
- Appendix B. Answers to exercises
- Appendix C. Popular libraries
- Index
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- List of Listings
Product information
- Title: CoffeeScript in Action
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2014
- Publisher(s): Manning Publications
- ISBN: 9781617290626
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