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You might be wondering why people think that. Here's why: it's the entire point of CoffeeScript. According to the first two intro grafs at coffeescript.org: >
by adgar 14y ago
You might be wondering why people think that. Here's why: it's the entire point of CoffeeScript. According to the first two intro grafs at coffeescript.org:
> CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath all those awkward braces and semicolons, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous object model at its heart. CoffeeScript is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way.
> The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: "It's just JavaScript". The code compiles one-to-one into the equivalent JS, and there is no interpretation at runtime. You can use any existing JavaScript library seamlessly from CoffeeScript (and vice-versa). The compiled output is readable and pretty-printed, passes through JavaScript Lint without warnings, will work in every JavaScript runtime, and tends to run as fast or faster than the equivalent handwritten JavaScript.
- prunebeads 14y agoThat's a misunderstanding it seems. The real meaning is that "under the hood, it's javascript", and not "it's like javascript". People read "It's just Javascript", and jump to the second meaning, without thinking of the first, but the rest of the text is pretty explicit.