Method chaining with function arguments

Question

What\'s the best way to chain methods in CoffeeScript? For example, if I have this JavaScript how could I write it in CoffeeScript?

var req = $.get(\'foo.htm\')
         


        

Answer 1

As of Coffeescript 1.7, chaining has been significantly simplified, and you shouldn't need any of the parens-related workarounds mentioned here. Your above example can now be written as

req = $.get 'foo.htm'
.success ( response ) ->
  alert "success"
.error ->
  alert "error"

Which compiles to

var req;

req = $.get('foo.htm').success(function(response) {
  return alert("success");
}).error(function() {
  return alert("error");
});

You can see an explanation of this and other CS 1.7 features here: https://gist.github.com/aseemk/8637896