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+---
+language: coffeescript
+contributors:
+ - ["Tenor Biel", "http://github.com/L8D"]
+ - ["Xavier Yao", "http://github.com/xavieryao"]
+filename: coffeescript.coffee
+---
+
+CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles one-to-one into the equivalent JavaScript, and there is no interpretation at runtime.
+As one of the succeeders of JavaScript, CoffeeScript tries its best to output readable, pretty-printed and smooth-running JavaScript codes working well in every JavaScript runtime.
+
+See also [the CoffeeScript website](http://coffeescript.org/), which has a complete tutorial on CoffeeScript.
+
+```coffeescript
+# CoffeeScript is a hipster language.
+# It goes with the trends of many modern languages.
+# So comments are like Ruby and Python, they use number symbols.
+
+###
+Block comments are like these, and they translate directly to '/ *'s and '* /'s
+for the resulting JavaScript code.
+
+You should understand most of JavaScript semantics
+before continuing.
+###
+
+# Assignment:
+number = 42 #=> var number = 42;
+opposite = true #=> var opposite = true;
+
+# Conditions:
+number = -42 if opposite #=> if(opposite) { number = -42; }
+
+# Functions:
+square = (x) -> x * x #=> var square = function(x) { return x * x; }
+
+fill = (container, liquid = "coffee") ->
+ "Filling the #{container} with #{liquid}..."
+#=>var fill;
+#
+#fill = function(container, liquid) {
+# if (liquid == null) {
+# liquid = "coffee";
+# }
+# return "Filling the " + container + " with " + liquid + "...";
+#};
+
+# Ranges:
+list = [1..5] #=> var list = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
+
+# Objects:
+math =
+ root: Math.sqrt
+ square: square
+ cube: (x) -> x * square x
+#=> var math = {
+# "root": Math.sqrt,
+# "square": square,
+# "cube": function(x) { return x * square(x); }
+#}
+
+# Splats:
+race = (winner, runners...) ->
+ print winner, runners
+#=>race = function() {
+# var runners, winner;
+# winner = arguments[0], runners = 2 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 1) : [];
+# return print(winner, runners);
+#};
+
+# Existence:
+alert "I knew it!" if elvis?
+#=> if(typeof elvis !== "undefined" && elvis !== null) { alert("I knew it!"); }
+
+# Array comprehensions:
+cubes = (math.cube num for num in list)
+#=>cubes = (function() {
+# var _i, _len, _results;
+# _results = [];
+# for (_i = 0, _len = list.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
+# num = list[_i];
+# _results.push(math.cube(num));
+# }
+# return _results;
+# })();
+
+foods = ['broccoli', 'spinach', 'chocolate']
+eat food for food in foods when food isnt 'chocolate'
+#=>foods = ['broccoli', 'spinach', 'chocolate'];
+#
+#for (_k = 0, _len2 = foods.length; _k < _len2; _k++) {
+# food = foods[_k];
+# if (food !== 'chocolate') {
+# eat(food);
+# }
+#}
+```
+
+## Additional resources
+
+- [Smooth CoffeeScript](http://autotelicum.github.io/Smooth-CoffeeScript/)
+- [CoffeeScript Ristretto](https://leanpub.com/coffeescript-ristretto/read)