Smashing CoffeeScript (Smashing Magazine Book Series) - Softcover

Hudson, Alex

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118454375 ISBN 13: 9781118454374

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2013

Synopsis

Brew the perfect code with CoffeeScript

If you′re familiar with JavaScript and the often–frustrating process of creating complex applications, a nice cup of CoffeeScript can help. CoffeeScript is a programming language that compiles into JavaScript and simplifies the entire development process. Now you can tap the full power of CoffeeScript with Smashing CoffeeScript. This full–color, practical book explains CoffeeScript language, syntax, and processes, and will soon have you producing concise and quality code. Ultimately, you′ll create RIAs and mobile apps faster, with less hassle.

• Gets developers up and running on CoffeeScript, a programming language that compiles into JavaScript and simplifies the process of building software
• Helps you produce better JavaScript and more quickly
• Introduces the language, syntax, and processes of CoffeeScript
• Covers the development of both mobile and rich internet apps
• Explores the HTML5 feature set, real–time communication, and using CoffeeScript within node.js projects

Developers, blend some better JavaScript with CoffeeScript and Smashing CoffeeScript.

About this title

About the Author

Alex Hudson is a technology expert and programmer. A hacker by trade, he likes to keep on top of new technologies. He hacks in C, C#, JavaScript, Perl, PHP, Python, and Vala Primarily, and due to the day job has a keen interest in HTML5, CSS, SQL, and NoSQL.

From the Back Cover

MASTER COFFEESCRIPT AND BREW UP COMPLEX JAVASCRIPT APPLICATIONS FASTER AND EASIER THAN EVER BEFORE

Highly descriptive and easy to read, the CoffeeScript language adds syntactic sugar to JavaScript, making it faster and easier than ever to create complex JavaScreipt apps. Besides requiring one–third less code than JavaScript, CoffeeScript lets you program with more sophisticated features, such as list comprehension and pattern matching.

Getting the hang of CoffeeScript can be a bit tricky at first, especially for programmers who cut their teeth on JavaScript parents, brackets, and often frustrating syntactic quirks. Written by expert Alex Hudson, this book gets you up and running with CoffeeScript right away. Featuring dozens of full–color illustrations and screen shots, this step–by–step guide delivers what you need to:

• MASTER COFFEESCRIPT LANGUAGE, SYNTAX, AND PATTERNS–FAST
• PRODUCE MORE CONCISE, BETTER QUALITY CODE IN ONE–THIRD THE TIME
• DEVELOP BRILLIANT MOBILE APPS AND RICH INTERNET APPS IN COFFEESCRIPT
• GET THE HANG OF ADVANCED HTML5 FEATURES AND REAL–TIME COMMUNICATION IN COFFEESCRIPT
• USE COFFEESCRIPT WITHIN NODE.JS PROJECTS
• BLEND JAVASCRIPT WITH COFFEESCRIPT FOR VASTLY BETTER OUTCOMES

With Smashing CoffeeScript to guide you, in no time you ll be writing perfect code with CoffeeScript and streamlining your JavaScript development.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1118454375
• ISBN 13: 9781118454374
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 336