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CoffeeScript vs Asciidoctor: What are the differences?
Developers describe CoffeeScript as "Unfancy JavaScript". CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath that awkward Java-esque patina, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous heart. CoffeeScript is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way. On the other hand, Asciidoctor is detailed as "An open source, pure Ruby processor for converting AsciiDoc documents or strings into HTML and other formats". It is a fast, open source text processor and publishing toolchain for converting AsciiDoc content to HTML5, DocBook, PDF, and other formats. Asciidoctor is written in Ruby and runs on all major operating systems .
CoffeeScript and Asciidoctor are primarily classified as "Languages" and "Text Processors" tools respectively.
CoffeeScript is an open source tool with 15.3K GitHub stars and 2K GitHub forks. Here's a link to CoffeeScript's open source repository on GitHub.
Pros of Asciidoctor
- GitHub integration1
- Versatile1
- Easy fornatting0
Pros of CoffeeScript
- Easy to read199
- Faster to write179
- Syntactic sugar126
- Readable104
- Elegant104
- Pretty73
- Javascript the good parts53
- Open source48
- Classes44
- "it's just javascript"35
- Compact code16
- Easy15
- Simple13
- Not Javascript13
- Does the same with less code2
- I'm jobs I'm software engineer1
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Cons of Asciidoctor
Cons of CoffeeScript
- No ES63
- Corner cases in syntax1
- Parentheses required in 0-ary function calls1
- Unclear what will be grouped to {…}1
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