The problem with Javascript is that because of political reasons it has only evolved slightly in the last 12 years, so it takes a lot of effort to avoid the bad

The problem with Javascript is that because of political reasons it has only evolved slightly in the last 12 years, so it takes a lot of effort to avoid the bad parts. I about CoffeeScript as JSLint + Syntactic Sugar. Both of which mean you need less heroics to get Javascript right.