Who this book is for

Some familiarity with the JavaScript language will help—CoffeeScript is a close relative, so it's useful to understand what the compiler's output is doing. It's also helpful, though not necessary, to have some experience with client-side web development. We'll be building a web application with a lot of CoffeeScript, plus a little HTML and CSS.

No experience with CoffeeScript is necessary. We'll cater to everyone from the total newbie to the person who has hacked together some CoffeeScript already but wants a better grasp of what's going on and how to best utilize the language.