“The Little Book on CoffeeScript”, written by Alex MacCaw, is free to read online. An updated version of the book is also available from O’Reilly. This book shows JavaScript developers how to build superb web applications with CoffeeScript.
Book Description
CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles down to JavaScript. The syntax is inspired by Ruby and Python, and implements many features from those two languages. This book is designed to help you learn CoffeeScript, understand best practices and start building awesome client side applications. The book is little, only five chapters, but that’s rather apt as CoffeeScript is a little language too.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Syntax
- Classes
- Idioms
- Compiling
- Applications
- The Bad Parts