8 ms·

So here's a related question. If someone wanted to snag a developer that really understood coffeescript and js development, where should they be looking?

• MatthewPhillips 15y ago
  Hacker News sounds like a pretty good place. Start an Ask HN.
• icey 15y ago
  The "Who's hiring" thread will be created on Sunday. I'd try posting there.
• rjrodger 15y ago
  Go to jsconf and nodeconf in Portland next week.
• danenania 15y ago
  Someone who really understands js can pick up coffeescript in a few hours, so don't pass on a good js developer just because they haven't yet made the jump.
  • geraldalewis 15y ago
    I don't completely agree -- I feel like CoffeeScript shares as much in common with Ruby and Python as it does with JS. I'd say a good developer would be the best fit for a CS position; depending on your deployment platform, I can almost see a case where being an embedded JS programmer might actually cause issues. If all you understand is EcmaScript, all you'll write is EcmaScript. Despite its tagline being "It's just JavaScript", it's actually much more.
    • danenania 15y ago
      I knew Python and Ruby before I started with CoffeeScript, so perhaps that colored my experience. CoffeeScript is basically a minimalized blend of js, Ruby, and Python syntax-wise. But I still think someone who understands js will pretty much automatically get CoffeeScript concept-wise, at least to the level they get js concept-wise, because the central concepts of programming in CoffeeScript aren't different than js, just the syntax.
• dekz 15y ago
  Hang out in IRC and you will be able to determine who's worth their value. freenode #nodejs #coffeescript
• bluehavana 15y ago
  Could try jobs.github.com. Coffee script will also be a semi-default in Rails 3.1. A Ruby and good JS person should be able to pickup CoffeeScript in a few hours though.
• InclinedPlane 15y ago
  http://stackoverflow.com/tags/coffeescript/topusers http://stackoverflow.com/tags/coffeescript/topusers