I really don't see what the fuss is about. If you don't like coffee- script then just write JavaScript. Right?
On Apr 13, 4:24 pm, Andrew Kaspick <[email protected]> wrote: > I prefer LESS over SASS, but I see SASS has improved since the last > time I used it and taken some much needed pointers from LESS. I > didn't look into the SASS improvements enough to know if I'd choose it > over LESS yet. > > coffeescript is interesting and if it's the default now, it'll finally > give me an excuse to use it in practice instead of viewing it as > fringe tech as I do now. > > These rails tech changes are fun to watch. I remember the move to git > from svn... everybody had an opinion on that too. :) > > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Jason King <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't see how putting it in the Gemfile is a win. > > Anyone who wants coffeescript is perfectly capable of adding it themselves > > along with all the other gems they usually add to their projects. If > > they're like me they just have a Gemfile they drop into any new project (or > > if they're fancy then they're using their own app template). So, no one can > > convince me that the experienced developer is the use-case for this choice. > > Any newbie will more than likely only know HTML, CSS and JS so will stick > > with editing ERB, CSS and JS files. They'll just carry a useless > > coffee-script along with their app. So, doesn't meet any need there either. > > So, I'm struggling to see the purpose of doing this at all. Is it as simple > > as giving coffeescript (and SASS) an official Rails stamp of approval? > > Do those of us who help total newbies in #ror and other forums a favor and > > please just leave it commented out. > > > On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Steve Klabnik <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > >> The history of Rails has always been one of choosing a default, and being > >> opinionated about it. While I'd prefer haml before coffeescript, I think > >> it's a perfectly reasonable choice for Rails to make. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en.
