Heh, you're framing the question in a way that is more likely to elicit positive CoffeeScript comments, but I'm happy to oblige. In order to adopt any new lang

Heh, you're framing the question in a way that is more likely to elicit positive CoffeeScript comments, but I'm happy to oblige. In order to adopt any new language, you obviously need to eventually believe its benefits are greater than its hurdles. CS had a few hurdles for me early in the process. I had to install it, and that was simple. Then I had to learn it, which was fairly easy. It helped me that I had a fairly strong foundation in Python, Ruby, and JS, and the subset of CS that I initially learned is largely a blend of those languages. The language is small and well-documented. (Hopefully we keep it small--there's a bit of creeping featuritis in the community.) Debugging is the only ongoing hurdle. It's never been a big issue for me. Obviously, I try to write the code correctly in the first place, and CS's nice syntax helps me focus on writing correct logic by removing the need to deal with JS boilerplate code. When I still manage to write incorrect code, I use all the debugging tools that I would use to debug JS. Someday my ability to write large JS programs may atrophy, but I'll never forget how to read it or make simple modifications in the debugger. Even if the hurdles of CS were relatively minor, it would be pointless to use CS if it gave me no benefits. For me the benefits of CS are its writability and readability. It's that simple. I'm already sold on CS, but I could still suggest ways to minimize the hurdles. First, keep the language small and simple. Second, no matter how good the current docs are (and they are pretty good), continue to refine them. Finally, do everything possible on the CS side to facilitate debugging, which mostly comes down to line number support.