CoffeeScript

6:00 pm
Pizza and networking time

6:30 pm

CoffeeScript is a small language that compiles to Javascript.

From the official website:

The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: "It's just JavaScript". The code compiles one-to-one into the equivalent JS, and there is no interpretation at runtime. You can use any existing JavaScript library seamlessly (and vice-versa). The compiled output is readable and pretty-printed, passes through JavaScript Lint without warnings, will work in every JavaScript implementation, and tends to run as fast or faster than the equivalent handwritten JavaScript.

In this talk, we will discuss how Coffeescript tries to smooth over the warts in the language without abstracting away the power in it.

Fawad Halim is a developer at Thomson Reuters who loves playing with random programming languages in his spare time.

Please register with your real first and last names because you'll need to identify yourself at the Sears Tower (Willis Tower) front desk. The front desk will have the list of attendees. If you can't register in time, show up anyway and call or text Sergio (224-627-8352) early or when you get to the front desk and we will let you in (do not send email asking to be registered, we may not be able to check the email in time). We meet on the 7th floor, room 750. Ignore the front desk if they tell you otherwise.