Just to set the expectations right, we need to know something before we begin here.
When I first heard about Class in Javascript it created curiosity on me and the expectation increased as to work like a Classical language(Where Classes are the root of everything) instead of Prototypical language(like Javascript). But then slowly I understood that its not Javascript but other languages on top of Javascript which create somekind of Class concept to mimic Classical languages. The point is everything boils down to Javascript if a language is written to compile or transpile to Javascript . Well, that may seem like a spoiler right now, but its actually not as we will see. Just keep these things in mind all the time, even if we are doing CoffeeScript.
Here is the direct link to the Github repository for the code reference to this post.
- CoffeeScript is generally written in a
.coffeefile - Each
.coffeefile is compiled to a.jsfile - Each space (a blank space) in code has a meaning in the
.coffeefile - Semicolons are optional and generally avoided
- In the beginning you may write more than one classes in a single
.coffeefile, and thats perfectly alright here - By default the CoffeeScript Classes you write are private
When compiled to JS, the contents of each file, are put inside a self invoking function. This is intentional to not pollute the Global variables. So if the content has some classes inside them, then those classes will also be inside the self-invoking function, restricting the access from outside.
The classes in CoffeeScript are compiled to as usual JS functions and the inheritence is done through the prototypical inheritence concepts of Javascript. Since all this happens behind the scenes and as a CoffeeScript developer if you do not know, how its working, it would be a pain later to expect anything else from this language.
Thats all to start with the new year. Happy new year.
Happy Coding.