kalinchernev

Long Live CoffeeScript and Long Live ES6

Clearly ES6 is a huge improvement over ES5, and tools like [6to5][] allow us to use these cool features now. I was reading [Replace CoffeeScript with ES6][replace coffeescript] by [Blake Williams][] and thought it was a great summary of how ES6 solves many of the same problems that CoffeeScript solves; however I'd like to comment on a few of Blake's points and talk about why I'll be sticking with CoffeeScript.

Classes

Classes in ES6 (like many of the syntax changes in ES6) are very similar to the CoffeeScript equivalent. To support browsers that are not fully ES5 compliant (e.g. IE8-), however, we still can't really use getters/setters, so ignoring these the comparison is:

kalinchernev

#!/bin/bash
# This script rotates the screen and touchscreen input 90 degrees each time it is called, 
# also disables the touchpad, and enables the virtual keyboard accordingly
 
# by Ruben Barkow: https://gist.github.com/rubo77/daa262e0229f6e398766
 
#### configuration
# find your Touchscreen and Touchpad device with `xinput`
TouchscreenDevice='Wacom ISDv4 E6 Finger touch'
TouchpadDevice='SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'