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it was a point that even if you are merely switching a js framework where both are written in javascript, productivity can drop. if you now switch to coffeescr
by jaequery 14y ago
it was a point that even if you are merely switching a js framework where both are written in javascript, productivity can drop.
if you now switch to coffeescript, something not remotely close to javascript or any other languages fwiw, you'll experience un-productivity. it's akin to having your top developers walking in eggshells and doing nearly nothing close to what he is capable of.
i think coffeescript is great in the sense that we are trying to create a better language. but i also sense how much damage it can bring to budding startups who can't find talented coffeescript'ers to fill the void when their lead developer moves on to other things.
a one off go project, i'd say it's fine. but anything more complex, i think you'll see programmers wishing they had gone back to what they were familiar with.
- ricardobeat 14y agoWhat damage? You can drop it at any minute and start working on the compiled javascript. I've done this a couple times. That's true for any tool/language/platform/whatever, everything has a learning curve (and coffeescript's is quite short). Going by your words we shouldn't ever learn anything. And you shouldn't switch to a language if your developers are not comfortable with it. Do some experiments, try it out on a smaller project, then you might switch if you see good results.