> That said, for a new development, is there any reason to use it over ES6? Obviously your mileage may wary. I think, the biggest reason is a time boost. - Le

> That said, for a new development, is there any reason to use it over ES6? Obviously your mileage may wary. I think, the biggest reason is a time boost. - Less noisy code (no braces etc) that is easier to scan - No time wasted on flirting with new ESXXXy stuff - There is no callback hell to deal with - Writing React code is sweet. As previously noted: http://rapin.com/blog/2015/02/03/reactjs-with-coffeescript/ http://rapin.com/blog/2015/02/03/reactjs-with-coffeescript/ - Less distractions on things that don't really matter in 98% of use cases. Like var/const/let declarations