CoffeeScript offers more than nice syntax for setting and managing data and functions. It also offers Classes, Inheritance, access to a 'super' method, Ruby-style string interpolation, easy variable and function bindings, and chained comparisons.

Here's the code I showed in the video:

class Vehicle

constructor: (@name) ->

move: (miles) ->

console.log @name + " drove " + miles + " miles."

class VWBug extends Vehicle

move: ->

console.log "Cruisin'..."

super 100

class Truck extends Vehicle

move: ->

console.log "Haulin'..."

super 50

mater = new Truck "Mater"

herbie = new VWBug "Herbie"

mater.move()

herbie.move()

a1c = "7.6"

healthy = 7.0 > a1c > 5.0

console.log "A1C within healthy range: #{a1c}"

Account = (customer, cart) ->

@customer = customer

@cart = cart

$('.shopping_cart').click (event) =>

@customer.purchase @cart

If you're new to CoffeeScript, make sure you check out the CoffeeScript Cookbook and CoffeeScript Basics.

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