A Case Against Using CoffeeScript ☃ Ryan Florence Online

A Case Against Using CoffeeScript By Ryan Florence, published 2011-12-10 Update: I actually love CoffeeScript now that I've been writing it for a year. I hope to write something about my conversion soon. You might want to see these articles: Rewriting Some JavaScript to CoffeeScript Debugging CoffeeScript with Source Maps So anyway, you may proceed... I recently started working at Instructure, an

[ABA]

CoffeeScriptはデバッグはつらいし英語っぽく書けてもそれで分かりやすいコードになるわけでもないし良いとこだけでもないよという話

[h6n]

「CoffeeScript is Beautiful; Don't Use It」か。確かに書くのは楽しい気分になれるけど、デバッグはちょっと、というか結構めんどい気がするなぁ。。

[amberjack115]

"I think CoffeeScript is a ton of fun to write in the moment. I also think it’s going to be a maintenance nightmare because it is more difficult to comprehend and debug–and that, after all, is what we do most of the day."

[fujimogn]

goatslacker: There are basically a few arguments against using CoffeeScript and at the end of the article Ryan Florence suggests one to not use it. It basically boils down to these cases: Debugging is an issue Verbally Readable !== Quicker Comprehension One liners are horrible CoffeeScript has