CoffeeScript

CoffeeScript is a programming language that compiles to JavaScript. It adds syntactic sugar inspired by Ruby, Python, and Haskell in an effort to enhance JavaScript's brevity and readability. Some added features include list comprehension and destructuring assignment.

Key facts

Programming language.name: CoffeeScript
Programming language.logo: CoffeeScript-logo.svg
Programming language.paradigms: Multi-paradigm: prototype-based, functional, imperative, scripting
Programming language.family: ECMAScript
Programming language.designer: Jeremy Ashkenas
Programming language.developer: same
Programming language.typing: dynamic, implicit
Programming language.scope: lexical
Programming language.programming language: CoffeeScript
Programming language.platform: x86-64
Programming language.operating system: Cross-platform
Programming language.license

Article · 中文

CoffeeScript是一套JavaScript的轉譯語言。受到Ruby、Python與Haskell等語言的啟發，CoffeeScript增強了JavaScript的簡潔性與可讀性。此外，CoffeeScript也新增了更複雜的功能，例如列表推导式、并行赋值等。一般來說，CoffeeScript可以在不影響執行效能的情況下，縮短約三分之一的程式碼長度。 CoffeeScript支持包含在了Ruby on Rails版本3.1和Play Framework之中。在2011年，Brendan Eich声称CoffeeScript影响了他对JavaScript未来的思考。

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