CoffeeScript is javascript. It is just a nicer (in some people's opinion) form of javascript. It added some much needed features a few years back, but with rece

CoffeeScript is javascript. It is just a nicer (in some people's opinion) form of javascript. It added some much needed features a few years back, but with recent JS advances the utility of coffeescript are much less than they used to be. So invoking jquery and everything is totally 100% supported. In fact that is how I used coffeescript a few years ago.