# Is it better for Discourse to use JavaScript or CoffeeScript?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-better-for-discourse-to-use-javascript-or-coffeescript/3153>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 15, 2013, 1:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-better-for-discourse-to-use-javascript-or-coffeescript/3153 "2013-02-15T13:34:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![eviltrout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/eviltrout/32/5275_2.png) [@eviltrout](https://meta.discourse.org/u/eviltrout)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-better-for-discourse-to-use-javascript-or-coffeescript/3153/23 "2013-02-16T01:27:37Z")

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It seems like the people have spoken.

I’m convinced! I am on board to convert the coffee to regular JS, assuming of course we set up jshint as part of our testing system.

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