JSMag December 2011
In this issue...
Two Shots of CoffeeScript - Trevor Burnham
If you know JavaScript, you’re 90% of the way to knowing CoffeeScript, a new language with super-light syntax. Because CoffeeScript is JavaScript-compatible, you can easily make it a part of your project without rewriting any existing code. We’ll see how CoffeeScript shines in two domains in particular: testing, and build scripts.
The Creation of CoverScript - Joanna Ebize
ScriptCover, launched in October by Google, is the newest way for developers to see which JavaScript instructions have been executed while a page is loading in the Chrome browser.
Introducing SilkJS - Server-Side JavaScript with V8 - Mike Schwartz
SilkJS – Server-Side JavaScript based upon Google’s V8 JavaScript engine. It features an HTTP server with remarkable performance characteristics, but it is not limited to serving WWW pages.
Community News
David Calhoun rounds up the latest news from the world of JavaScript.
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