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title = "CoffeeScript Application Development - Ian Young"
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date = 2016-05-07
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[taxonomies]
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tags = ["books", "ian young", "reviews", "javascript", "coffeescript",
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"web development", "it", "4 stars"]
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[GoodReads Summary](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18430540-coffeescript-application-development):
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What JavaScript user wouldnt want to be able to dramatically reduce
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application development time This book will teach you the clean, elegant
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CoffeeScript language and show you how to build stunning applications.
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Overview Learn the ins and outs of the CoffeeScript language, and understand
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how the transformation happens behind the scenes Use practical examples to put
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your new skills to work towards building a functional web application, written
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entirely in CoffeeScript Understand the language concepts from short,
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easy-to-understand examples which can be practised by applying them to your
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ongoing project In Detail JavaScript is becoming one of the key languages in
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web development. It is now more important than ever across a growing list of
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platforms. CoffeeScript puts the fun back into JavaScript programming with
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elegant syntax and powerful features. CoffeeScript Application Development
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will give you an in-depth look at the CoffeeScript language, all while
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building a working web application. Along the way, youll see all the great
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features CoffeeScript has to offer, and learn how to use them to deal with
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real problems like sprawling codebases, incomplete data, and asynchronous web
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requests. Through the course of this book you will learn the CoffeeScript
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syntax and see it demonstrated with simple examples. As you go, youll put your
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new skills into practice by building a web application, piece by piece. Youll
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start with standard language features such as loops, functions, and string
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manipulation. Then, well delve into advanced features like classes and
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inheritance. Learn advanced idioms to deal with common occurrences like
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external web requests, and hone your technique for development tasks like
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debugging and refactoring. CoffeeScript Application Development will teach you
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not only how to write CoffeeScript, but also how to build solid applications
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that run smoothly and are a pleasure to maintain.
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{{ stars(stars=4) }}
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In these days of ECMAScript 6, it's nice to see where a bunch of ideas of it
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came from.
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Coffee is a lot like the new JavaScript standard (just a bit more brackets).
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The book manages to explain and show all the little nice things about it,
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keeping a single application from start to finish, which helps a lot in
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understanding the flows of it.
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I just got a bit miffed with the upbeat tone of the book. It's not a full
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Pollyanna, but a lot of "that looks a lot cleaner, don't it?" and "It's even
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prettier than normal Javascript" gets into you pretty quick.
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