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Relationship between Javascript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, ES5 and ES6

What is the relationship between Javascript, CoffeeScript, TypeScript, ES5 and ES6? What is the trend in future?

I'm very confused.

Solution

  • What is the relationship between: javascript, coffeescript, typescript, ES5, ES6

    JavaScript

    The base programming language in all these. ES5 and ES6 are just different versions of this language

    CoffeeScript

    A language that compile down to JavaScript (hence called JS). Main focus is terseness.

    TypeScript

    A language that compile down to JavaScript (hence called JS). Main focus is type safety.

    What is the trend in future

    Its a complex system. Can't tell you the weather a year from now at a place.

    Recommendation

    If you are just starting out in software dev, I still recommend TypeScript : https://medium.com/@basarat/should-i-learn-es5-es6-or-typescript-46c625c25d95