I just get tired of flavor of the day, and these vendors keep pushing things, then changing it, killing backwards compatibility, or never implementing it, etc. I'm sure you can identify with that. It would be nice to have a clear path, but then it wouldn't be so "interesting", would it....
John -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thierry Nivelet Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 2:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] CoffeeScript as a high level alternative to programming in Javascript What don't you like in scripting languages ? Thierry Nivelet +33 6 08 82 44 63 Le 11 juin 2011 à 20:54, "John Harvey" <[email protected]> a écrit : > This is just what we need . . . another scripting language. I think anyone > who comes up with a NEW scripting language should be shot! > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Thierry Nivelet > Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 1:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NF] CoffeeScript as a high level alternative to > programming in Javascript > > Hi all > > Took an in-depth look at the site sample code. > > Coding extensively in JavaScript with the Prototype framework, I saw nothing > very new and/or disruptive in Coffee script. > > They seem to ignore javascript's automatic coercion feature when they write: > if (typeof elvis !== "undefined" && elvis !== null) { alert("I knew > it!"); } As JS coerce both undefined and null to false, you can simply > write if (elvis) alert("I knew it!"); Also because you don't need '{}' when > 'if' deals with a single instruction. > If you work on web dev, coding in JavaScript gives you access to the > FANTASTIC Firebug tool (Firefox extension by the facebook team) and its > VFP-like IDE: command window, debugger, coverage profiler and more. > I strongly recommend taking a look at Prototype to ease JS dev.; it's quite > different from other JS frameworks like jquery as it not only extends HTML > DOM model, but the JS language itself. > Regarding arrays and more generically enumerable collections, Prototype > offers a bunch of convenient methods such as each(), map(), detect(), > invoke(), and many more. And of course you can chain calls as every method > returns the element it works on: > [1,2,3].each().detect().map().etc. > If anyone needs guidance or advice on JavaScript and/ HTML DOM dev., I'd be > happy to help. > Thierry Nivelet > +33 6 08 82 44 63 > > > Le 11 juin 2011 à 19:28, "Malcolm Greene" <[email protected]> a écrit : > >> Passing on a recommendation from the Python mailing list to take a >> look at CoffeeScript [1]http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ >> >> This is a high level language that compiles to portable Javascript. >> CoffeeScript's syntax is similar to Python and Ruby. >> >> I have no hands-on experience with this tool, but after my initial >> reading of the website, I'm very impressed. >> >> Have any of you come across this language before? >> >> Regards, >> Malcolm >> >> References >> >> 1. http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/ >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
