CoffeeScript Programming with jQuery, Rails, and Node.js

Book Description

Learn CoffeeScript programming with the three most popular web technologies around

Overview

• Learn CoffeeScript, a small and elegant language that compiles to JavaScript and will make your life as a web developer better.
• Explore the syntax of the language and see how it improves and enhances JavaScript.
• Build three example applications in CoffeeScript step by step.

In Detail

CoffeeScript is a young but popular language that makes web programming fun and more productive. It compiles to JavaScript and unleashes its powerful features while not straying too far from the language. It’s become one of the most popular languages on Github and is being used for both browser and server side programming.

“CoffeeScript programming with jQuery, Rails, and Node.js” will not only teach you the CoffeeScript language but also show you how it’s being used by professional programmers with the latest web technologies.

This book will teach you the basics of the language, focusing particularly on how it improves on JavaScript. It then focuses on building real life projects in CoffeeScript using jQuery, Rails, and Node.js.

We look at CoffeeScript as a language that takes the power of JavaScript and presents it in an elegant and concise syntax. We will then see how we can use its power to write beautiful and short programs for various environments and how it complements the latest and greatest web frameworks.

CoffeeScript programming with jQuery, Rails, and Node.js is all you need to become well versed with this great language and set you on your way to using it to write web applications

What you will learn from this book

• The basics of the language and how it compares to JavaScript
• CoffeeScript’s powerful class syntax
• Installing CoffeeScript on Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux using Node.js
• Configuring CoffeeScript for browser applications
• The basics of jQuery and using it with CoffeeScript
• Using localStorage in browser-based applications
• Two approaches to write CoffeeScript in Rails applications
• Creating responsive web applications using WebSocket

Approach

It’s a quick guide for programming CoffeeScript and then diving into programming with Rails, jQuery, and Node.js.

Who this book is written for

This book is for web developers who would like to learn programming with CoffeScript. It is also for developers who have some experience in JavaScript and are curious to learn CoffeScript and build applications with it.

中文：

书名：使用jQuery、Rails和Node.js进行CoffeeScript编程

使用三种最流行的Web技术学习CoffeeScrip编程

概述

• 学习CoffeeScript，这是一种小而优雅的语言，可以编译成JavaScript，将使您作为Web开发人员的生活变得更好。
• 探索该语言的语法，并了解它如何改进和增强Java脚本。
• 在CoffeeScript中逐步构建三个示例应用程序。

详细地说

CoffeeScrip是一种年轻但很受欢迎的语言，它使网络编程变得有趣和高效。它将编译为JavaScript并释放其强大的功能，同时又不会偏离该语言太远。它已经成为Github上最流行的语言之一，并被用于浏览器和服务器端编程。

使用jQuery、Rails和Node.js进行CoffeeScrip编程不仅会教您CoffeeScrip语言，还会向您展示专业程序员如何通过最新的Web技术来使用它。

这本书将教您语言的基础知识，特别是它如何在JavaScript上进行改进。然后重点介绍如何使用jQuery、Rails和Node.js在CoffeeScript中构建实际项目。

我们将CoffeeScript视为一种语言，它利用了JavaScript的力量，并以优雅而简洁的语法表示它。然后，我们将看到如何利用它的能力为各种环境编写漂亮而简短的程序，以及它如何补充最新和最好的Web框架。

使用jQuery、Rails和Node.js进行CoffeeScrip编程是精通这门伟大的语言并开始使用它编写Web应用程序所需的全部内容

你将从这本书中学到什么

• 该语言的基础知识以及它与Java脚本的比较
• CoffeeScrip强大的类语法
• 使用Node.js在Windows、Mac OSX和Linux上安装CoffeeScript
• 为浏览器应用程序配置CoffeeScript
• The basics of jQuery and using it with CoffeeScript
• 在基于浏览器的应用程序中使用本地存储
• 在Rails应用程序中编写CoffeeScrip的两种方法
• 使用WebSocket创建响应迅速的Web应用程序

方法

它是一个快速指南，介绍如何编写CoffeeScript，然后深入了解如何使用Rails、jQuery和Node.js进行编程。

这本书是为谁写的

这本书是为想要学习使用CoffeScript编程的Web开发人员编写的。它也适用于对Java有一定经验并对学习CoffeScript和使用它构建应用程序感兴趣的开发人员。