Meet CoffeeScript

Pluralsight

Course Summary

CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles to JavaScript. It adds useful features and smoother syntax while compiling to clean, readable JavaScript. You can use it anywhere you use JavaScript: in the browser, or on the server with Node.js. Learn it fast with this Meet CoffeeScript course.

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Course Description

CoffeeScript has exploded in popularity since April 2011. It was talked about in every other presentation at JSConf. It's made enough waves that some language features popularized by CoffeeScript are planned for inclusion in future versions of JavaScript itself. In this course, you'll learn not only how to use CoffeeScript, but also how to write code in clean CoffeeScript style. You'll build a cash register application in test-first fashion. Thanks to technical editing from CoffeeScript author Jeremy Ashkenas and committer Michael Ficarra, you'll get authoritative insights into the best ways to write and use CoffeeScript.

Course Description

CoffeeScript has exploded in popularity since April 2011. It was talked about in every other presentation at JSConf. It's made enough waves that some language features popularized by CoffeeScript are planned for inclusion in future versions of JavaScript itself. In this course, you'll learn not only how to use CoffeeScript, but also how to write code in clean CoffeeScript style. You'll build a cash register application in test-first fashion. Thanks to technical editing from CoffeeScript author Jeremy Ashkenas and committer Michael Ficarra, you'll get authoritative insights into the best ways to write and use CoffeeScript.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction
- 9m 42s

—Introduction 3m 29s
—Install CoffeeScript 5m 14s
—The Application 0m 59s

Unit Test
- 15m 40s

—Compile a Simple Function 5m 39s
—Write a Unit Test 10m 1s

App
- 38m 40s

—The Dish 14m 49s
—Enhance the Dish 7m 4s
—Money 10m 26s
—Use Money 0m 45s
—The Meal 5m 36s

Conclusion
- 11m 8s

—The User Interface 9m 21s
—Conclusion 1m 47s