Comment on Intro to CoffeeScriptparentComments−davidbanham13yI would recommend against using any CoffeeScript before you're proficient with JavaScript. It can be a great boon to productivity, but if you don't understand what it's doing underneath you'll shoot yourself in the foot a lot.−tlrobinson13yI like CoffeeScript but I agree with this.Also, yes, plenty of people outside of the Rails community use CoffeeScript (I'm one of them)
Comments
I would recommend against using any CoffeeScript before you're proficient with JavaScript. It can be a great boon to productivity, but if you don't understand what it's doing underneath you'll shoot yourself in the foot a lot.
I like CoffeeScript but I agree with this.
Also, yes, plenty of people outside of the Rails community use CoffeeScript (I'm one of them)