Coffee core

Schamper

You guys should take a look at TypeScript

julian

Don't let @baris hear you -- he's a fan of Typescript

<baris>

Did I hear TypeScript?

HolyPhoenix

Guys, do we really need a higher level form of "code" than javascript?

Schamper

@HolyPhoenix there are actually a lot of arguments to do so. One would be because JS isn't statically typed, requiring all the parseInt's there currently are.

(I kinda stole this argument from @Almost)

julian

It's a difficult decision (whether or not to jump to coffee), and right now, I'm not even sure it's the right one. It's a bit hypocritical of me to say "Coffeescript is too new", since NodeBB is built on Node.js, which didn't even exist a decade ago...

psychobunny

My two cents here,

Plain JavaScript can be coded by some kid out of highschool with no background in anything to do with computers (that was me once a upon a time :p). I just feel that coffeescript (or typescript) increases the barrier of entry for those kind of guys.

The other thing is that it doesn't make sense for 5% of the core to be of one language and the other 95% to be something else. Unless you were to rewrite the whole codebase (then I guess you can fire us too, give us royalties plx :p) but that seems like an undertaking and a half yeah?

Anyways you're taking a lot of flak but I'm really glad to have you onboard, hope our statements don't discourage you from working with our community. There's quite a few people downloading your coffeescript stuff on npm and so that means there's a demand for it. So keep it up!

a_5mith

@psychobunny said:

There's quite a few people downloading your coffeescript stuff on npm and so that means there's a demand for it. So keep it up!

I agree, as long as the functionality is there and it's not broken, it can be written in teawith2sugars for all the difference it makes.

frissdiegurke

@psychobunny you'll not be able to discourage me through such little issues I'll rework the settings-PR the next days therefor it's a mix of 3. and 5. in my original post

psychobunny

it can be written in teawith2sugars for all the difference it makes

I prefer my tea black to be honest

@psychobunny you'll not be able to discourage me through such little issues

hehe