Questions tagged [coffeescript]
For questions about CoffeeScript - a little language that compiles into JavaScript.
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What is the use case for shadowing variables?
One of the things the coffeescript programming language is criticized for is its treatment of variable declarations and scope (example).
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Pattern that prevents events to trigger themselves
I am working at the client-side part of a web application, that is responsible for getting answers from users for specific questions and storing and restoring them from the database (or cookies) and I ...
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How Challenging is it to Mix Pure JS with CoffeeScript on a Team? [closed]
I keep running into Senior JS positions where they want CoffeeScript. The reason I don't use CoffeeScript is that my first impression of it was that it puts limitations on JS OOP features that I find ...
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CoffeeScript and Named Functions
Elsewhere, an argument has arisen over the terminology of a named function in CoffeeScript. In particular someone referred to something like this:
foo = ->
console.log("bar")
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How is CoffeeScript influenced by Haskell?
I've been using CoffeeScript for a while now. On Wikipedia, it is said that CoffeeScript is influenced by Haskell. But after I check out the syntax of Haskell, I have found little resemblance from ...
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Should I invest time learning Coffeescript? [closed]
I am a freelancer and I earn my bread and butter by helping others write better java-script code. I have good experience with most of the JavaScript frameworks around.
I am wondering if it is worth ...
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