CoffeeScript programming with jQuery, Rails, and Node.js

Get more fun and productivity out of your web development by learning CoffeeScript. This book is the perfect primer that takes you from language basics to creating responsive applications. Enjoy. Learn CoffeeScript, a small and elegant language that compiles to JavaScript and will make your life as a web developer better Explore the syntax of the language and see how it improves and enhances JavaScript Build three example applications in CoffeeScript step by step In Detail CoffeeScript is a young but popular language that makes web programming fun and more productive. It compiles to JavaScript and unleashes its powerful features while not straying too far from the language. It's become one of the most popular languages on Github and is being used for both browser and server side programming. "CoffeeScript programming with jQuery, Rails, and Node.js" will not only teach you the CoffeeScript language but also show you how it's being used by professional programmers with the latest web technologies. This book will teach you the basics of the language, focusing particularly on how it improves on JavaScript. It then focuses on building real life projects in CoffeeScript using jQuery, Rails, and Node.js. We look at CoffeeScript as a language that takes the power of JavaScript and presents it in an elegant and concise syntax. We will then see how we can use its power to write beautiful and short programs for various environments and how it complements the latest and greatest web frameworks. CoffeeScript programming with jQuery, Rails, and Node.js is all you need to become well versed with this great language and set you on your way to using it to write web applications.

Includes index.

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewers; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Why CoffeeScript?; CoffeeScript syntax; Semicolons and braces; Whitespace; Parenthesis; CoffeeScript has great function syntax; Return isn't required; Function arguments; Where did the var keyword go?; CoffeeScript handles scope better; Top level var keywords; CoffeeScript has better object syntax; Inheritance; Overwhelmed?; Extending prototypes; A few other things CoffeeScript fixes; Reserved words and object syntax; String concatenation; Equality

The existential operatorList comprehensions; The while loop; Conditional clauses and logical aliases; Array slicing and splicing; Destructuring or pattern matching; => and @; Switch statements; Chained comparisons; Block strings, block comments, and strings; Summary; Chapter 2: Running CoffeeScript; The CoffeeScript stack; Node.js and npm; Node.js, npm, and CoffeeScript on Windows; Installing CoffeeScript on a Mac; Using the Apple installer; Using Homebrew; Installing CoffeeScript with npm; Installing CoffeeScript on Linux; Ubuntu and MintOS; Debian; Other distributions

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