Installer coffeescript avec Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman, winget

Liens du projet

• Page d'accueil
• Dépôt
• Page du gestionnaire de paquets

Commandes et alias

• coffee

Historique du projet

The official changelog begins in December 2009 and shows CoffeeScript quickly evolving around the JavaScript and Node.js ecosystem. Early 2010 releases added the class syntax, switched the default JavaScript engine from Narwhal to Node.js, added Node require-extension support, and kept pace with early Node releases.

CoffeeScript 2 repositioned the compiler for modern JavaScript output. The official documentation says the biggest CoffeeScript 2 change is that the compiler now emits ES2015-and-later syntax where possible, with features such as async functions and JSX, while later documentation discusses Babel transpilation when older runtimes need support.

Historique d'adoption

CoffeeScript was packaged broadly because it was both a language compiler and a day-to-day CLI. The official README documents npm installation for local project use and global execution, while the supplied package facts list Homebrew, Debian, Nix, Arch/pacman, Scoop, Ubuntu, and winget packages.

The official site describes CoffeeScript as part of the JavaScript ecosystem and lists related integrations, books, build tools, and editor support. It also notes that CoffeeScript's fat arrow was one of its most popular features and that ES2015 adopted a corresponding arrow-function syntax.

Modes d'utilisation

Common package usage is to install Node.js, install the coffeescript package, run scripts with coffee, compile with coffee -c, and use Cakefiles for task automation. CoffeeScript 2 output may require runtime support for modern JavaScript or a transpilation step through tools such as Babel.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

CoffeeScript is historically significant to package managers because it represents an early JavaScript-to-JavaScript language distributed as a Node CLI, a browser compiler, and OS packages. Its package history mirrors a period when language tools moved from standalone tarballs and distro packages into npm-centered workflows while still being wrapped by Homebrew and Linux distributions.

Chronologie

• 2009: The official changelog starts with December 2009 releases.
• 2010: Early releases added classes, Node.js as the default engine, Node require-extension support, and directory compilation behavior.
• 2017: CoffeeScript 2 alpha and beta releases introduced ES2015+ output; the official changelog dates the initial alpha to February 21 and the initial beta to April 14.
• Current docs: CoffeeScript 2.7.0 is the documented source version on the official site.

Related projects

• The official docs connect CoffeeScript to Node.js, npm, Babel, browser compilers, source maps, Cakefiles, and JavaScript ecosystem integrations.

Sources

• https://coffeescript.org/
• https://github.com/jashkenas/coffeescript#readme