Lattescript

A small library that converts the best functions of Coffescript to Javascript

Installation

npm install lattescript

Usage

// Sample code...
var lattescript = require('lattescript');
var nbaTeams = {
  lakers: ['kobe', 'magic', 'shaq'],
  bulls: ['mj', 'scottie', 'butler'],
  warriors: 'steph curry'
};

This library currently supports the much coveted "?" operator from coffeescript. For those who have only used Javascript, you would know that if you wanted to query a specific property in a deeply nested object and wanted to prevent an exception from breaking your code, you would have to do something along the lines of this:

if (nbaTeams && nbaTeams.lakers && nbaTeams.lakers[0]) {
  // Insert code here.
}

In coffeescript, it's literally just this:

if nbaTeams?.lakers?[0]
  # Insert code here.

With lattescript, you can do this:

if lattescript.valueOf(nbaTeams, "lakers", ...args) {
  // Insert code here.
}

console.log(lattescript.valueOf(nbaTeams, "lakers", 0) === "kobe")
// true

Tests

TODO:!!