JavaScript Vs. CoffeeScript : Which one would you prefer?

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  Prasad Ajinkya

  If I had a custom JS codebase, I might think about migrating to CS (provided the compiled JS output is auto-minified and produces the best code for that purpose).
  
  However, since most of us are using third party scripts almost all the time, why would I take the trouble to learn one more language (which is more confounding than Javascript)?
  
  Lastly, most of us use JS for simple things really. Our aim is not to write an uber function ... its almost always to do with some sort of validation or form submissions!! So why look at a language which makes JS OOP-based?
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  Harish Kotra

  JS will always be my choice and I totally agree with kidakaka. He told whatever I wanted to 😛
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  kidakaka

  If I had a custom JS codebase, I might think about migrating to CS (provided the compiled JS output is auto-minified and produces the best code for that purpose).
  
  However, since most of us are using third party scripts almost all the time, why would I take the trouble to learn one more language (which is more confounding than Javascript)?
  
  Lastly, most of us use JS for simple things really. Our aim is not to write an uber function ... its almost always to do with some sort of validation or form submissions!! So why look at a language which makes JS OOP-based?

  That makes sense. I wonder why did the Dropbox team took out a week to rewrite their entire browser-side codebase to Coffeescript? Does it offer any advantages / performance improvements in the longer run? Curious to know.
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  Harish Kotra

  Thanks to The_Big_K for making this thread I came across something new to learn at least. Found this interesting post by a guy where he does a postmortem of CS vs JS 😀
  
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  Prasad Ajinkya

  The_Big_K

  That makes sense. I wonder why did the Dropbox team took out a week to rewrite their entire browser-side codebase to Coffeescript? Does it offer any advantages / performance improvements in the longer run? Curious to know.

  I think the syntax is similar to python (or ruby). Afaik, Dropbox uses Python. It might make the source more maintainable for them.
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  durga ch

  ok, why would you want to convert to coffee script? I mean when it is based on java?? (is what i am thinking) , why not just use java?
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  durga

  ok, why would you want to convert to coffee script? I mean when it is based on java?? (is what i am thinking) , why not just use java?

  Java is different from JavaScript, right? In fact Coffeescript has been written in coffeescript! 😉 . Coffeescript is all browser side code (Javascript) while Python is for the servers. Of course choice of Python is a great given the speed at which it runs. I wished I had spent some time learning Python coding.
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  ankur8819

  Well i prefer JavaScript any day..Any YUI developers in here..Asking out of curiosity.Initially I had a lot of trouble switching from Javascript/Jquery to YUI but i feel its very powerful..Object based implementation of client side code is done in YUI..