Re:Why I Don't Use CoffeeScript (2011)
by mercer on Saturday November 22, 2014 @08:27AM
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I sometimes use CoffeeScript for personal stuff, but have mostly moved back to plain JavaScript even for that. And yet I find this one of the silliest articles about why not to use it. You've explained why very well.
The main reason I moved back to plain js is that:
1. I can't really get used to significant whitespace. But that's mostly just taste.
2. CoffeeScript is a bit too ambiguous for me at times. It makes me feel the same way Ruby On Rails does. But that might also just be a personal preference.
That said, I really miss a lot that CoffeeScript offers. Can anyone recommend a similar and ideally popular project that offers much of what CS has (brevity and comprehensions being among the main things) without the significant whitespace, and without the ambiguities?
The main reason I moved back to plain js is that: 1. I can't really get used to significant whitespace. But that's mostly just taste. 2. CoffeeScript is a bit too ambiguous for me at times. It makes me feel the same way Ruby On Rails does. But that might also just be a personal preference.
That said, I really miss a lot that CoffeeScript offers. Can anyone recommend a similar and ideally popular project that offers much of what CS has (brevity and comprehensions being among the main things) without the significant whitespace, and without the ambiguities?