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CoffeeScript vs Oh My ZSH: 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, Oh My ZSH is detailed as "A framework for managing your Zsh configuration". A delightful, open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration. It comes bundled with thousands of helpful functions, helpers, plugins, themes.
CoffeeScript and Oh My ZSH are primarily classified as "Languages" and "Shell Utilities" tools respectively.
CoffeeScript and Oh My ZSH are both open source tools. It seems that Oh My ZSH with 91.5K GitHub stars and 17K forks on GitHub has more adoption than CoffeeScript with 15.2K GitHub stars and 1.99K GitHub forks.
According to the StackShare community, CoffeeScript has a broader approval, being mentioned in 364 company stacks & 170 developers stacks; compared to Oh My ZSH, which is listed in 11 company stacks and 18 developer stacks.
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
Pros of Oh My ZSH
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Cons of CoffeeScript
- No ES63
- Corner cases in syntax1
- Parentheses required in 0-ary function calls1
- Unclear what will be grouped to {…}1