I don't recommend learning CS before JS, because it's a different interpretation of JS, it isn't its own language. In fact, I'm glad I boned up on my Javascrip

I don't recommend learning CS before JS, because it's a different interpretation of JS, it isn't its own language. In fact, I'm glad I boned up on my Javascript skills (read "The Good Parts" and some solid tutorials) before moving to CoffeeScript.