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		jes5199 on Sept 18, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RedScript – like CoffeeScript, in Ruby CoffeeScript doesn't have to eliminate JavaScript to be useful. Just having a better notation for passing anonymous functions as parameters makes such a huge difference on code clarity that I think it's worthwhile.

smrtinsert on Sept 18, 2013 | [–]

It's amazing how many people on the web aren't interested in making their lives easier.

halfninety on Sept 19, 2013 | [–]

Try using promises, and a small utility function to convert library functions that take callbacks to ones that return a promise.

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