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.
>
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