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I do work professionally writing JS (client side and Node.js), I see where you are coming from, but I certainly found CoffeeScript had lots of new subtle bugs a

I do work professionally writing JS (client side and Node.js), I see where you are coming from, but I certainly found CoffeeScript had lots of new subtle bugs and issues to replace the JS ones, and ultimately I wouldn't recommend it over Vanilla JS. I don't exactly love it JS either, but I feel if I were to really switch to something, it had better truly offer me something useful. Facebook opt-in strict typing tool might be a decent option. I also have many interests beyond JS, such as learning Go recently. I'm happy to bin it for a better life, my real question is will I have a better life?

smt88 12y ago
There are lots of alternatives other than CoffeeScript[1]. HN has recently been full of "[some language] transpiler to JavaScript" posts. A strong type system and more sane error-handling seem to be major motivators. Glad to hear you've been learning Go -- there's a transpiler for that! 1. https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-languages-that-compile-to-js https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript/wiki/list-of-langu...