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What are the current plans about Coffeescript? I just looked at the code on Github, it says 85% Javascript, 12% Coffeescript. Is the plan to port the 12% to JS6

by frik 9y ago

What are the current plans about Coffeescript? I just looked at the code on Github, it says 85% Javascript, 12% Coffeescript. Is the plan to port the 12% to JS6? (and hopefully not Typescript) Great work with Atom editor. I successfully conviced my friends to move from VSC to Atom on macOS.

maxbrunsfeld 9y ago
Thanks! Yeah all of the CoffeeScript in atom/atom should be gone in a few months probably. We use plain JS now. It'll probably take a while before there's no more CoffeeScript in the entire Atom org. We're gradually converting the code to JS as we come upon it for other reasons.
- frik 9y ago
  Thanks!
free_everybody 9y ago
What's wrong with Typescript? Also, why does it matter to you? Genuinely curious.
- frik 9y ago
  Curious, Why does it matter to you? On the Atom.io website https://atom.io/ https://atom.io/ it reads "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century". Well I can code in JavaScript 5 and 6. I love love it when a project sticks to web standard, and not have to worry about slangs I don't care about. > Typescript is great at catching bugs The same with JavaScript. Google Closure compiler and anyway most IDEs "understand" JavaScript too and catch bugs. JavaScript is dynamically typed not typeless.
  - marcoms 9y ago
    Typescript is great at catching bugs which would trickle down to the end user
  - free_everybody 9y ago
    I was surprised to see someone who cared what style of javascript a program is written in, especially if they aren't an active contributor. Maybe you are?
- z3t4 9y ago
  It's like having Leonard Cohen transpiled to Justin Bieber. Now look at it from the Justin Bieber fans point of view, why would they listen to Leonard Cohen in order to hear Justin Bieber ? Even though research says Leonard Cohen makes better music! From Leonard Cohen fan's point of view it doesn't matter as they only hear Leonard Cohen, not Justin.
  - free_everybody 9y ago
    I'm having a really hard time making sense of that analogy...

by frik 9y ago

maxbrunsfeld 9y ago

Thanks! Yeah all of the CoffeeScript in atom/atom should be gone in a few months probably. We use plain JS now. It'll probably take a while before there's no more CoffeeScript in the entire Atom org. We're gradually converting the code to JS as we come upon it for other reasons.

frik 9y ago
Thanks!

free_everybody 9y ago

What's wrong with Typescript? Also, why does it matter to you? Genuinely curious.

frik 9y ago
Curious, Why does it matter to you? On the Atom.io website https://atom.io/ https://atom.io/ it reads "A hackable text editor for the 21st Century". Well I can code in JavaScript 5 and 6. I love love it when a project sticks to web standard, and not have to worry about slangs I don't care about. > Typescript is great at catching bugs The same with JavaScript. Google Closure compiler and anyway most IDEs "understand" JavaScript too and catch bugs. JavaScript is dynamically typed not typeless.
- marcoms 9y ago
  Typescript is great at catching bugs which would trickle down to the end user
- free_everybody 9y ago
  I was surprised to see someone who cared what style of javascript a program is written in, especially if they aren't an active contributor. Maybe you are?
z3t4 9y ago
It's like having Leonard Cohen transpiled to Justin Bieber. Now look at it from the Justin Bieber fans point of view, why would they listen to Leonard Cohen in order to hear Justin Bieber ? Even though research says Leonard Cohen makes better music! From Leonard Cohen fan's point of view it doesn't matter as they only hear Leonard Cohen, not Justin.
- free_everybody 9y ago
  I'm having a really hard time making sense of that analogy...