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CoffeeScript
A language that compiles into JavaScript. You can use any existing JavaScript library seamlessly from CoffeeScript (and vice-versa). The compiled output is readable and pretty-printed, will work in every JavaScript runtime, and tends to run as fast or faster than the equivalent handwritten JavaScript.
| First released | 2009 |
| Developed by | Jeremy Ashkenas |
| Latest stable version | 2 |
| Open-source | Not defined |
Interesting facts
The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: “It’s just JavaScript.”