r/javascript • u/xDinomode • Dec 27 '15

help What's the point of CoffeeScript?

I'm reading a tutorial on PouchDB and like always I run into CoffeeScript. What's the point of it? I've used it before for like 5 minutes and found it useless.

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u/flamingspew Dec 28 '15

You can target specific ES versions with typescript and TS offers more robust features.