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# CoffeeScript Reviews
**Vendor:** CoffeeScript  
**Category:** [Other Development Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/other-development)  
**Average Rating:** 3.3/5.0  
**Total Reviews:** 14
## About CoffeeScript
CoffeeScript is a programming language that transcompiles to JavaScript.




## CoffeeScript Reviews
  ### 1. CoffeeScript served a good purpose once

**Rating:** 1.5/5.0 stars

**Reviewed by:** Xander D. | Team Lead, Sr. Software Engineer, Computer Software, Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

**Reviewed Date:** March 19, 2019

**What do you like best about CoffeeScript?**

CoffeeScript added some additional features and concise syntax on top of JavaScript which made for faster writing and easier reading easier reading

**What do you dislike about CoffeeScript?**

Ultimately the features that coffee script added are now available in ES2015. Additionally many of the features that coffee script provided are not actually good for writing maintainable stable code

**What problems is CoffeeScript solving and how is that benefiting you?**

We use coffee script in a large code base for chat features.


## CoffeeScript Discussions
  - [What is CoffeeScript used for?](https://www.g2.com/discussions/what-is-coffeescript-used-for)

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