DetroitRuby: Intro to CoffeeScript

Mike's talking about CoffeeScript and ways that you can write cleaner and more maintainable client side code. Not to mention it's also is being included in Rails 3.1 by default if you so choose.

CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath all of those embarrassing 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 (and vice-versa). The compiled output is readable and pretty-printed, passes through JavaScript Lint (http://www.javascriptlint.com/) without warnings, will work in every JavaScript implementation, and tends to run as fast or faster than the equivalent handwritten JavaScript.

You can read more about it and try it out for yourself even on their website http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/

Registration
I’ll be taking the list from Meetup.com on Wednesday July 13th to get everyone registered for this meeting. You will need to provide both your first and last name or unfortunately you won’t be able to attend.

Parking Instructions
Enter Parking Deck from Farmer street.
Remember to bring in your parking ticket so it can be validated upon arriving at the Quicken Loans reception area on the 10th floor.

Talk to either Mike B or Chris H if you have questions about anything at all regarding how to find us / what to do. Just please try not to wait til the end. :)