How to Read This Book

I have to tried to present the material in this book to help you form building blocks to learning CoffeeScript. The chapters, in Part I, should be read in order because each chapter will build on the concepts that we have learned in previous chapters—so please, no jumping around.

As we go through each chapter, you’ll notice a few things at work.

First, whenever I introduce some outside library, idea, or concept, I include a footnote to a website where you can learn further information about that subject. Although I would love to be able to talk your ear off about things like Ruby, there is not enough space in this book to do that. So if I mention something and you want to find out more about it before continuing, go to the bookmarked site, quench your thirst for knowledge, and come back to the book.