"It's just JavaScript"

coated with syntax sugar

CoffeeScript attempts to expose those 'good parts'

Didyounotice?

#nuffsaidit's quite thin

But its core is gooooood

CoffeeScript attempts to expose those 'good parts'

CoffeeScript exposes those

'good parts'

CoffeeScript attempts to expose those 'good parts'

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# prototypingString::downCase = -> @toLowerCase()

# functions, chained comparisonisMyAge = (age) ->

24 < age < 26

# splat arguments, pattern matchingunCapitalize = (words...) ->

(words.map ([firstChar, rest...]) -> firstChar.downCase() + rest.join '').join ''

# destructuring assignment, function bindingMe = ([surname, middlenames..., lastname] ) -> # string interpolation

@name = "#{surname} #{lastname}"

# everything is an expression@age = if isMyAge(x = 25) then x else '?' @twitter = unCapitalize('@', surname, lastname)

# use jQuery (or any JavaScript library), multi line Strings$('#welcome').bind 'click' (event) => alert "Hello,

I'm #{@name}!"# there's no var!!me = Me("Jeroen Matthijs Rosenberg".split ' ')

#nuffsaid

word.spread! for people in continents[..] when people isnt aware