Coffeescript
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Javascript: the language we love and hate. As web developers, we have to use it for even the simplest interactivity, but it's not as nice as many of our modern back-end languages. All of those curly braces and semicolons are easy to forget when you're used to coding in a clean scripting language like Python or Ruby, not to mention its wonky object oriented features.
Coffeescript is a language that adds several of the Python and Ruby niceties, including list comprehensions, default values for function arguments, and a distinct lack of curly braces and semicolons to Javascript. Join us as we discuss how you can get more pleasure and less annoyance from your next web development project with Coffeescript.
The Line-up:
Zach Dennis (https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/members/2036051/): This is CoffeeScript
Ross Hunter (https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/members/13584676/): Hubot
Mike Swieton (https://www.meetup.com/grwebdev/members/12798587/): Namespaces in Coffeescript