&gt; I don&#x27;t like looking at javascript as much as I like looking at ruby.<p>If I could choose, I would take Ruby or Python over plain JS. But CoffeeScript makes the best parts of JS shine (an object is a hash&#x2F;map) while making it far more beautiful by disposing of semicolons and unnecessary braces and parentheses. Indentation and arrow functions really make it a beautiful language. If you haven&#x27;t already, you owe it to yourself to try Ember with CoffeeScript (and Emblem and indented Sass).